CPU Comparison

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Intel

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

INTEL

Core i9-9900K

CORE STATE Coffee Lake-R

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 16 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.6 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 16 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 95W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2018

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

2,879

1,555

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

406

219

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

11,996

6,480

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,693

914

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

28,563

15,429

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,032

2,178

passmark_data_compression

407,899

283,506

passmark_data_encryption

23,203

6,430

passmark_extended_instructions

24,777

18,965

passmark_find_prime_numbers

121

47

passmark_floating_point_math

91,514

41,036

passmark_integer_math

127,512

66,134

passmark_multithread

33,608

18,153

passmark_physics

1,730

934

passmark_random_string_sorting

44,070

36,238

passmark_single_thread

4,003

2,919

passmark_singlethread

4,003

2,919

geekbench_multicore

N/A

8,050

geekbench_singlecore

N/A

1,702

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900

i9-9900K

Core Specs

Cores

16

8 -50.0%

Threads

24

16 -33.3%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.4

3.6 +50.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.1

5 -2.0%

Frequency (GHz)

2.4

3.6 +50.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.1

5 -2.0%

Multiplier

24

36 +50.0%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

64 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1.25 MB (per core)

256 KB (per core)

L3 Cache

30 MB (shared)

16 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

95 +46.2%

PL1

65W

95 W

PL2

202W

119 W

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Coffee Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Coffee Lake-R

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Core i9 (Coffee Lake Refresh)

Process Size

10 nm

14 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

180.3 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR4

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

42.7 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

No

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

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Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel Socket 1151

Chipsets

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

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PCIe

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

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E-Core Frequency

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

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Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

UHD Graphics 630

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

End-of-life

Launch Price

$519

$488

Part Number

SRL4KQXQ3

SRG19SRELS

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-LGA14C

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

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