CPU Comparison

i

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

VS

i

Intel

INTEL

Core Ultra 5 226V

CORE STATE Lunar Lake

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 8 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.1 Base / 4.5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 8 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 17W

ARCHITECTURE Lunar Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

2,879

1,591

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

406

224

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

11,996

6,630

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,693

935

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

28,563

15,787

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,032

2,228

passmark_data_compression

407,899

178,892

passmark_data_encryption

23,203

13,189

passmark_extended_instructions

24,777

15,460

passmark_find_prime_numbers

121

170

passmark_floating_point_math

91,514

53,826

passmark_integer_math

127,512

39,680

passmark_multithread

33,608

18,589

passmark_physics

1,730

1,507

passmark_random_string_sorting

44,070

21,755

passmark_single_thread

4,003

3,895

passmark_singlethread

4,003

3,895

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900

Ultra 5 226V

Core Specs

Cores

16

8 -50.0%

Threads

24

8 -66.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.4

2.1 -12.5%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.1

4.5 -11.8%

Frequency (GHz)

2.4

2.1 -12.5%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.1

4.5 -11.8%

Multiplier

24

21 -12.5%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

192 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1.25 MB (per core)

2.5 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

30 MB (shared)

8 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

17 -73.8%

PL1

65W

—

PL2

202W

—

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Lunar Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Lunar Lake

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Ultra 5 (Lunar Lake)

Process Size

10 nm

3 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

—

Foundry

Intel

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

unknown Depends on motherboard

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

—

ECC Memory

Yes

No

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

—

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel BGA 2833

Chipsets

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

—

PCIe

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 4 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

P-Cores: 4 E-Cores: 4

E-Core Frequency

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

2.1 GHz up to 3.5 GHz

AI/NPU

NPU

—

Yes / 40 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Arc 130V

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$519

—

Part Number

SRL4KQXQ3

SRPMQSRPMR

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-BGA

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

View Core i9-12900 Details View Core Ultra 5 226V Details