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Intel Core i9 14900K vs i7 12700H

86 out of 100
Intel Core i9 14900K
VS
54 out of 100
Intel Core i7 12700H
Intel Core i9 14900K
Intel Core i7 12700H

We compared two CPUs: the 3.2 GHz Intel Core i9 14900K (desktop) with 24-cores against the 2.3 GHz i7 12700H (laptop) with 14-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Currency
VS
62.2
(Average)
Value Index
22.3
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 12700H and 14900K
Advantages of Intel Core i9 14900K
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 10 more physical cores
  • Newer - released 1 year and 9 months later
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • 28% higher Turbo Boost frequency (6 GHz vs 4.7 GHz)
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 35% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3171 vs 2353 points
Advantages of Intel Core i7 12700H
  • More powerful Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU) integrated graphics: 2.2 vs 0.8 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core i9 14900K
vs
Core i7 12700H

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (17th and 142nd place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core i9 14900K +103%
22629
Core i7 12700H
11165
File compression 1940 MB/sec 907 MB/sec
Clang compilation 194.6 Klines/sec 83.6 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 589.2 pages/sec 270.3 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 638.4 Mpixels/sec 350.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 318.7 pages/sec 236.4 pages/sec
Background blur 71.7 images/sec 44.8 images/sec
Photo processing 191.6 images/sec 95.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 41.7 Mpixels/sec 18 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 644 & 901 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Core i9 14900K +133%
58245
Core i7 12700H
24970
Integer math 209.3 GOps/sec 87.9 GOps/sec
Floating point math 152.1 GOps/sec 63.4 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 228M Primes/sec 91M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 86.6M Strings/sec 32.7M Strings/sec
Data encryption 46.5 GBytes/sec 17.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 785.8 MBytes/sec 292.8 MBytes/sec
Physics 3098 Frames/sec 1476 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 44.7B Matrices/sec 17.4B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 13248 & 12064 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core i9 14900K +159%
512.57
Core i7 12700H
197.87

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 16.7 PPW 23.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 181 PPW 248.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 466 PPW 554.9 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.1 PPW 4.4 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core i9 14900K
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Devansh)Geekbench 6 CPU2993 / 18135
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Devansh)Geekbench 7 CPU2611 / 21934
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-06 (Devansh)Cinebench 2026543 / 8307
πŸ“˜ 2026-02-24 (Tanvir)Cinebench 2024129 / 2086
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-31 (Kreuz)Cinebench 2024128 / 1976
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Intel Core i7 12700H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Mark)Geekbench 7 CPU1884 / 8871
πŸ“˜ 2026-10-05 (Mark)Cinebench 2026460 / 1351
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-30 -> YowthCinebench 2024105 / 541
πŸ“˜ 2025-11-27 (Fapvie)Cinebench 2024102 / 961
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-27 (sizar)Cinebench 2024100 / 750
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core i9 14900K and i7 12700H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released October 16, 2023 January 4, 2022
Type Desktop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Raptor Lake Refresh Alder Lake
Model number i9-14900K i7-12700H
Integrated GPU UHD Graphics 770 Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Successor - Intel Core Ultra 9 285K - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
Intel CPU rating (7th and 125th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 6
P-Threads 16 12
Base Frequency (P) 3.2 GHz 2.3 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 6 GHz 4.7 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 8
E-Threads 16 8
Base Frequency (E) 2.4 GHz 1.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.4 GHz 3.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 24 14
Total Threads 32 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 32x 23x
L1 Cache 80K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1280K (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 10 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 125 W 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 253 W 115 W
Socket LGA-1700 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Desktop CPU ranking (#13th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 1650 MHz 1400 MHz
Shading Units 256 768
TMUs 16 48
ROPs 8 24
Execution Units 32 96
TGP 15 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core i9 14900K
0.8 TFLOPS
Core i7 12700H +175%
2.2 TFLOPS
More info: Iris Xe Graphics G7 (96EU) compared to UHD Graphics 770

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200		 - DDR5-4800
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-5200
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 192 GB 64 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 89.6 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core i9 14900K official page Intel Core i7 12700H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 28

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Comments

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