CPU Comparison

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INTEL

Intel Core i5-10600KF

CORE STATE Comet Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 4.1 Base / 4.8 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 95W

ARCHITECTURE Comet Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2020

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INTEL

Core i9-12900KF

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.2 Base / 5.2 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 125W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2021

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

5,359

9,860

3dmark_2_threads

1,554

2,112

3dmark_4_threads

2,947

4,132

3dmark_8_threads

4,513

7,551

3dmark_max_threads

5,364

11,586

3dmark_single_thread

799

1,069

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,212

3,510

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

171

495

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

5,052

14,626

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

713

2,064

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

12,030

34,825

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,698

4,916

geekbench_multicore

6,805

14,895

geekbench_singlecore

1,691

2,600

passmark_data_compression

211,643

537,785

passmark_data_encryption

4,832

29,502

passmark_extended_instructions

14,167

33,779

passmark_find_prime_numbers

45

142

passmark_floating_point_math

29,521

105,558

passmark_integer_math

47,508

138,932

passmark_multithread

14,169

40,970

passmark_physics

810

2,098

passmark_random_string_sorting

26,532

57,177

passmark_single_thread

2,908

4,144

passmark_singlethread

2,908

4,144

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i5-10600KF

i9-12900KF

Core Specs

Cores

6

16 +166.7%

Threads

12

24 +100.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

4.1

3.2 -22.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.8

5.2 +8.3%

Frequency (GHz)

4.1

3.2 -22.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.8

5.2 +8.3%

Multiplier

41

32 -22.0%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

256 KB (per core)

1.25 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

12 MB (shared)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

95

125 +31.6%

PL1

125 W

241W

PL2

182 W

241W

Architecture

Architecture

Comet Lake

Alder Lake

Codename

Comet Lake

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Core i5 (Comet Lake)

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Process Size

14 nm

10 nm

Die Size

—

215 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

42.7 GB/s

—

ECC Memory

No

No

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

DDR5 Speed

—

4800 MT/s

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1200

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

—

Z690, H670, B660, H610

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

—

$564

Part Number

SRH6S

SRL4J

Package

FC-LGA1200

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

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