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 i9-12950HX

CORE STATE Alder Lake-HX

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.3 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

816

2,712

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

115

382

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

3,402

11,301

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

480

1,595

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

8,100

26,908

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,143

3,798

passmark_data_compression

134,673

367,930

passmark_data_encryption

3,027

21,395

passmark_extended_instructions

11,480

22,163

passmark_find_prime_numbers

36

135

passmark_floating_point_math

22,489

80,402

passmark_integer_math

26,551

109,586

passmark_multithread

9,532

31,673

passmark_physics

628

2,084

passmark_random_string_sorting

16,294

41,209

passmark_single_thread

2,441

3,778

passmark_singlethread

2,441

3,778

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i5-8500

i9-12950HX

Core Specs

Cores

6

16 +166.7%

Threads

6

24 +300.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3

2.3 -23.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.1

5 +22.0%

Frequency (GHz)

3

2.3 -23.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.1

5 +22.0%

Multiplier

30

23 -23.3%

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)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

55 -15.4%

PL1

—

55 W

PL2

—

157 W

Architecture

Architecture

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake

Codename

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake-HX

Generation

Core i5 (Coffee Lake)

Core i9 (Alder Lake-HX)

Process Size

14 nm

10 nm

Die Size

154 mm²

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

Yes

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

DDR5 Speed

—

4800 MT/s

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

Intel BGA 1964

Chipsets

—

HM670, WM690

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

1700 MHz up to 3.6 GHz

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

End-of-life

Active

Launch Price

$192

$590

Part Number

SR3XE

SRLGG

Package

FC-LGA1151

FC-BGA16F

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

E97379-001

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