CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i5-9600K

CORE STATE Coffee Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 6 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.7 Base / 4.6 GHz Turbo

CACHE 9 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 95W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2018

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Intel

INTEL

Core i9-12900T

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 1400 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 35W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

911

2,536

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

128

357

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

3,797

10,567

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

535

1,491

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

9,041

25,160

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,276

3,552

geekbench_multicore

6,259

11,615

geekbench_singlecore

1,688

2,259

passmark_data_compression

148,639

345,021

passmark_data_encryption

3,269

20,750

passmark_extended_instructions

12,914

20,054

passmark_find_prime_numbers

43

116

passmark_floating_point_math

24,913

75,741

passmark_integer_math

29,215

108,211

passmark_multithread

10,636

29,601

passmark_physics

746

1,811

passmark_random_string_sorting

18,313

39,771

passmark_single_thread

2,727

3,810

passmark_singlethread

2,727

3,810

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i5-9600K

i9-12900T

Core Specs

Cores

6

16 +166.7%

Threads

6

24 +300.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.7

1,400 +37737.8%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.6

4.9 +6.5%

Frequency (GHz)

3.7

1,400 +37737.8%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.6

4.9 +6.5%

Multiplier

37

14 -62.2%

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)

95

35 -63.2%

PL1

—

35W

PL2

—

106W

Architecture

Architecture

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake

Codename

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Core i5 (Coffee Lake Refresh)

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 1151

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

—

Z690, H670, B660, H610

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

—

1000 MHz up to 3.6 GHz

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD 630

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

End-of-life

Active

Launch Price

—

$489

Part Number

SR3WZ

SRL4M

Package

FC-LGA1151

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

—

100°C

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