CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i5-8500

CORE STATE Coffee Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 6 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3 Base / 4.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 9 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2018

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Intel

INTEL

Core i9-12900H

CORE STATE Alder Lake-H

CORE SPECS 14 Cores / 20 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.5 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 24 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 45W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

816

2,341

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

115

330

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

3,402

9,757

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

480

1,377

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

8,100

23,233

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,143

3,280

passmark_data_compression

134,673

316,714

passmark_data_encryption

3,027

18,548

passmark_extended_instructions

11,480

18,875

passmark_find_prime_numbers

36

107

passmark_floating_point_math

22,489

67,940

passmark_integer_math

26,551

93,828

passmark_multithread

9,532

27,340

passmark_physics

628

1,753

passmark_random_string_sorting

16,294

35,296

passmark_single_thread

2,441

3,717

passmark_singlethread

2,441

3,717

3dmark_16_threads

N/A

6,457

3dmark_2_threads

N/A

1,891

3dmark_4_threads

N/A

3,398

3dmark_8_threads

N/A

5,074

3dmark_max_threads

N/A

6,927

3dmark_single_thread

N/A

999

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i5-8500

i9-12900H

Core Specs

Cores

6

14 +133.3%

Threads

6

20 +233.3%

Base Clock (GHz)

3

2.5 -16.7%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.1

5 +22.0%

Frequency (GHz)

3

2.5 -16.7%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.1

5 +22.0%

Multiplier

30

25 -16.7%

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

9 MB (shared)

24 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

45 -30.8%

Architecture

Architecture

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake

Codename

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake-H

Generation

Core i5 (Coffee Lake)

Core i9 (Alder Lake-H)

Process Size

14 nm

10 nm

Die Size

154 mm²

217 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

42.7 GB/s

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ECC Memory

No

No

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

DDR5 Speed

—

4800 MT/s

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

Intel BGA 1744

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 6 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

Iris Xe 96EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

End-of-life

Active

Launch Price

$192

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Part Number

SR3XE

SRLD4

Package

FC-LGA1151

FC-BGA16F

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

E97379-001

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