Intel Core i9-9900KF vs Intel Core i7-12650H

Core i9-9900KF vs Core i7-12650H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12650H beats the Core i9-9900KF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900KF in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i7-12650H has slightly more cores than the Core i9-9900KF. Indeed, the Core i7-12650H has 10 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-9900KF. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-9900KF has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12650H. Also, the Core i9-9900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The Core i7-12650H outputs less heat than Core i9-9900KF thanks to a significantly lower TDP. This measures the amount of heat they output and can be used to estimate power consumption. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-12650H also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-9900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.