CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i5-12600K

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 10 Cores / 16 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.7 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 20 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 125W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2021

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Intel

INTEL

Core i9-9900K

CORE STATE Coffee Lake-R

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 16 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.6 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 16 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 95W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2018

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

7,975

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

1,989

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

3,794

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

6,144

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

7,966

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,016

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

2,365

1,555

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

333

219

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

9,855

6,480

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,391

914

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

23,465

15,429

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

3,312

2,178

geekbench_multicore

11,860

8,050

geekbench_singlecore

2,481

1,702

passmark_data_compression

344,071

283,506

passmark_data_encryption

18,485

6,430

passmark_extended_instructions

22,002

18,965

passmark_find_prime_numbers

91

47

passmark_floating_point_math

67,217

41,036

passmark_integer_math

87,776

66,134

passmark_multithread

27,608

18,153

passmark_physics

1,525

934

passmark_random_string_sorting

35,704

36,238

passmark_single_thread

3,926

2,919

passmark_singlethread

3,926

2,919

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i5-12600K

i9-9900K

Core Specs

Cores

10

8 -20.0%

Threads

16

16 0.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.7

3.6 -2.7%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.9

5 +2.0%

Frequency (GHz)

3.7

3.6 -2.7%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.9

5 +2.0%

Multiplier

37

36 -2.7%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1.25 MB (per core)

256 KB (per core)

L3 Cache

20 MB (shared)

16 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

125

95 -24.0%

PL1

150W

95 W

PL2

150W

119 W

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Coffee Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Coffee Lake-R

Generation

Core i5 (Alder Lake-S)

Core i9 (Coffee Lake Refresh)

Process Size

10 nm

14 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

180.3 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR4

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 1700

Intel Socket 1151

Chipsets

Z690. H670, B660, H610

—

PCIe

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 6 E-Cores: 4

—

E-Core Frequency

2.8 GHz up to 3.6 GHz

—

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

UHD Graphics 630

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

End-of-life

Launch Price

$289

$488

Part Number

SRL4T

SRG19SRELS

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-LGA14C

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

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