CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i7-9700K

CORE STATE Coffee Lake

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 8 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.6 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 95W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2018

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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

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,234

2,879

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

174

406

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

5,145

11,996

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

726

1,693

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

12,251

28,563

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,729

4,032

geekbench_multicore

7,251

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

1,699

N/A

passmark_data_compression

208,062

407,899

passmark_data_encryption

4,590

23,203

passmark_extended_instructions

18,088

24,777

passmark_find_prime_numbers

52

121

passmark_floating_point_math

35,498

91,514

passmark_integer_math

41,411

127,512

passmark_multithread

14,414

33,608

passmark_physics

880

1,730

passmark_random_string_sorting

25,756

44,070

passmark_single_thread

2,865

4,003

passmark_singlethread

2,865

4,003

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i7-9700K

i9-12900

Core Specs

Cores

8

16 +100.0%

Threads

8

24 +200.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.6

2.4 -33.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.9

5.1 +4.1%

Frequency (GHz)

3.6

2.4 -33.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.9

5.1 +4.1%

Multiplier

36

24 -33.3%

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)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

95

65 -31.6%

PL1

—

65W

PL2

—

202W

Architecture

Architecture

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake

Codename

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Core i7 (Coffee Lake Refresh)

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Process Size

14 nm

10 nm

Die Size

180.3 mm²

215 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

42.7 GB/s

76.8 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

Yes

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

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

End-of-life

Active

Launch Price

$385

$519

Part Number

SRG15SRELT

SRL4KQXQ3

Package

FC-LGA14C

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

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