CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i7-8700K

CORE STATE Coffee Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.7 Base / 4.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 95W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2017

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Intel

INTEL

Core i9-12900HK

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

1,163

2,201

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

164

310

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

4,846

9,171

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

684

1,294

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

11,539

21,837

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,629

3,082

geekbench_multicore

6,535

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

1,616

N/A

passmark_data_compression

198,951

294,908

passmark_data_encryption

4,776

17,445

passmark_extended_instructions

13,514

17,583

passmark_find_prime_numbers

39

102

passmark_floating_point_math

28,538

63,572

passmark_integer_math

45,892

89,527

passmark_multithread

13,576

25,697

passmark_physics

811

1,673

passmark_random_string_sorting

25,270

32,983

passmark_single_thread

2,720

3,567

passmark_singlethread

2,720

3,567

3dmark_16_threads

N/A

6,441

3dmark_2_threads

N/A

1,942

3dmark_4_threads

N/A

3,537

3dmark_8_threads

N/A

5,172

3dmark_max_threads

N/A

6,829

3dmark_single_thread

N/A

1,025

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i7-8700K

i9-12900HK

Core Specs

Cores

6

14 +133.3%

Threads

12

20 +66.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.7

2.5 -32.4%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.7

5 +6.4%

Frequency (GHz)

3.7

2.5 -32.4%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.7

5 +6.4%

Multiplier

37

25 -32.4%

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)

95

45 -52.6%

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

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

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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

$359

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Part Number

SR3QRQNMK

SRLD3

Package

FC-LGA1151

FC-BGA16F

Tj Max

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100°C

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