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 Ultra 5 125U

CORE STATE Meteor Lake

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 14 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 1300 Base / 4.3 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 15W

ARCHITECTURE Meteor Lake

nm

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2023

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

2,879

1,491

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

406

210

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

11,996

6,215

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,693

877

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

28,563

14,799

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,032

2,089

passmark_data_compression

407,899

198,858

passmark_data_encryption

23,203

12,231

passmark_extended_instructions

24,777

11,340

passmark_find_prime_numbers

121

64

passmark_floating_point_math

91,514

41,331

passmark_integer_math

127,512

57,046

passmark_multithread

33,608

17,417

passmark_physics

1,730

1,082

passmark_random_string_sorting

44,070

21,872

passmark_single_thread

4,003

3,296

passmark_singlethread

4,003

3,296

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900

Ultra 5 125U

Core Specs

Cores

16

12 -25.0%

Threads

24

14 -41.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.4

1,300 +54066.7%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.1

4.3 -15.7%

Frequency (GHz)

2.4

1,300 +54066.7%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.1

4.3 -15.7%

Multiplier

24

13 -45.8%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

112 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1.25 MB (per core)

2 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

30 MB (shared)

12 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

15 -76.9%

PL1

65W

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PL2

202W

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Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Meteor Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Meteor Lake

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Ultra 5 (Meteor Lake)

Process Size

10 nm

7 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

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Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR5 Depends on motherboard

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

89.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

No

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

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Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel BGA 2049

Chipsets

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

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PCIe

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 4, 12 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

P-Cores: 2 E-Cores: 10

E-Core Frequency

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

800 MHz up to 3.6 GHz

LP E-Cores

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2

AI/NPU

NPU

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Yes / 11 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Arc Xe-LPG 64EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$519

$363

Part Number

SRL4KQXQ3

SRN6E

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-BGA

Tj Max

100°C

110°C

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