CPU Comparison

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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

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INTEL

Core i9-12950HX

CORE STATE Alder Lake-HX

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.3 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

2,879

2,712

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

406

382

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

11,996

11,301

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,693

1,595

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

28,563

26,908

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,032

3,798

passmark_data_compression

407,899

367,930

passmark_data_encryption

23,203

21,395

passmark_extended_instructions

24,777

22,163

passmark_find_prime_numbers

121

135

passmark_floating_point_math

91,514

80,402

passmark_integer_math

127,512

109,586

passmark_multithread

33,608

31,673

passmark_physics

1,730

2,084

passmark_random_string_sorting

44,070

41,209

passmark_single_thread

4,003

3,778

passmark_singlethread

4,003

3,778

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900

i9-12950HX

Core Specs

Cores

16

16 0.0%

Threads

24

24 0.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.4

2.3 -4.2%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.1

5 -2.0%

Frequency (GHz)

2.4

2.3 -4.2%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.1

5 -2.0%

Multiplier

24

23 -4.2%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1.25 MB (per core)

1.25 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

30 MB (shared)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

55 -15.4%

PL1

65W

55 W

PL2

202W

157 W

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Alder Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Alder Lake-HX

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Core i9 (Alder Lake-HX)

Process Size

10 nm

10 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

215 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

—

ECC Memory

Yes

Yes

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

3200 MT/s

DDR5 Speed

—

4800 MT/s

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel BGA 1964

Chipsets

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

HM670, WM690

PCIe

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

1700 MHz up to 3.6 GHz

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$519

$590

Part Number

SRL4KQXQ3

SRLGG

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-BGA16F

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

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