CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i7-8700

CORE STATE Coffee Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.2 Base / 4.6 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2017

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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

1,092

2,341

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

154

330

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

4,553

9,757

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

642

1,377

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

10,841

23,233

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,530

3,280

passmark_data_compression

187,009

316,714

passmark_data_encryption

4,488

18,548

passmark_extended_instructions

12,432

18,875

passmark_find_prime_numbers

35

107

passmark_floating_point_math

27,839

67,940

passmark_integer_math

44,881

93,828

passmark_multithread

12,756

27,340

passmark_physics

732

1,753

passmark_random_string_sorting

23,963

35,296

passmark_single_thread

2,629

3,717

passmark_singlethread

2,629

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

i7-8700

i9-12900H

Core Specs

Cores

6

14 +133.3%

Threads

12

20 +66.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.2

2.5 -21.9%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.6

5 +8.7%

Frequency (GHz)

3.2

2.5 -21.9%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.6

5 +8.7%

Multiplier

32

25 -21.9%

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)

24 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

45 -30.8%

Architecture

Architecture

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake

Codename

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake-H

Generation

Core i7 (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

Chipsets

Intel 300 Series, Intel 100/200 Series*

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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

$303

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Part Number

SR3QS

SRLD4

Package

FC-LGA1151

FC-BGA16F

Tj Max

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100°C

Bundled Cooler

E97379-001

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