CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i7-10700

CORE STATE Comet Lake

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 16 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.9 Base / 4.8 GHz Turbo

CACHE 16 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Comet Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2020

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Intel

INTEL

Core i9-12900

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 5.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

6,465

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

1,565

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

2,996

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

4,945

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

6,719

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

793

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,384

2,879

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

195

406

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

5,768

11,996

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

813

1,693

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

13,734

28,563

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,938

4,032

passmark_data_compression

252,113

407,899

passmark_data_encryption

5,379

23,203

passmark_extended_instructions

16,160

24,777

passmark_find_prime_numbers

47

121

passmark_floating_point_math

38,823

91,514

passmark_integer_math

62,988

127,512

passmark_multithread

16,161

33,608

passmark_physics

794

1,730

passmark_random_string_sorting

31,585

44,070

passmark_single_thread

2,891

4,003

passmark_singlethread

2,891

4,003

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i7-10700

i9-12900

Core Specs

Cores

8

16 +100.0%

Threads

16

24 +50.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.9

2.4 -17.2%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.8

5.1 +6.2%

Frequency (GHz)

2.9

2.4 -17.2%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.8

5.1 +6.2%

Multiplier

29

24 -17.2%

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

16 MB (shared)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

65 0.0%

PL1

65 W

65W

PL2

224 W

202W

Architecture

Architecture

Comet Lake

Alder Lake

Codename

Comet Lake

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Core i7 (Comet Lake)

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

46.9 GB/s

76.8 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

Yes

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1200

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

—

Z690, W680, H670, Q670, B660, H610, H610E, Z790, H770, B760

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

—

$519

Part Number

SRH6Y

SRL4KQXQ3

Package

FC-LGA1200

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

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