CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i9-10900K

CORE STATE Comet Lake

CORE SPECS 10 Cores / 20 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.7 Base / 5.3 GHz Turbo

CACHE 20 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 125W

ARCHITECTURE Comet Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2020

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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

3dmark_16_threads

8,257

6,457

3dmark_2_threads

1,688

1,891

3dmark_4_threads

3,313

3,398

3dmark_8_threads

6,221

5,074

3dmark_max_threads

8,938

6,927

3dmark_single_thread

851

999

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,923

2,341

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

271

330

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

8,013

9,757

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,131

1,377

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

19,079

23,233

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

2,693

3,280

geekbench_multicore

9,141

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

1,780

N/A

passmark_data_compression

375,336

316,714

passmark_data_encryption

7,796

18,548

passmark_extended_instructions

24,620

18,875

passmark_find_prime_numbers

63

107

passmark_floating_point_math

53,123

67,940

passmark_integer_math

85,404

93,828

passmark_multithread

22,452

27,340

passmark_physics

1,029

1,753

passmark_random_string_sorting

46,389

35,296

passmark_single_thread

3,113

3,717

passmark_singlethread

3,113

3,717

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-10900K

i9-12900H

Core Specs

Cores

10

14 +40.0%

Threads

20

20 0.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.7

2.5 -32.4%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.3

5 -5.7%

Frequency (GHz)

3.7

2.5 -32.4%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.3

5 -5.7%

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

20 MB (shared)

24 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

125

45 -64.0%

PL1

125 W

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PL2

250 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Comet Lake

Alder Lake

Codename

Comet Lake

Alder Lake-H

Generation

Core i9 (Comet Lake)

Core i9 (Alder Lake-H)

Process Size

14 nm

10 nm

Die Size

206 mm²

217 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

46.9 GB/s

—

ECC Memory

No

No

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

DDR5 Speed

—

4800 MT/s

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1200

Intel BGA 1744

Chipsets

H410, B460, H470, Z490

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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

$547

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Part Number

SRH91

SRLD4

Package

FC-LGA1200

FC-BGA16F

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

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