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 Ultra 9 285T

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-S

CORE SPECS 24 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 1400 Base / 5.4 GHz Turbo

CACHE 36 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 35W

ARCHITECTURE Arrow Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

2,879

3,164

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

406

446

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

11,996

13,187

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,693

1,861

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

28,563

31,399

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,032

4,432

passmark_data_compression

407,899

328,003

passmark_data_encryption

23,203

28,813

passmark_extended_instructions

24,777

21,956

passmark_find_prime_numbers

121

319

passmark_floating_point_math

91,514

129,032

passmark_integer_math

127,512

135,890

passmark_multithread

33,608

36,940

passmark_physics

1,730

2,875

passmark_random_string_sorting

44,070

41,091

passmark_single_thread

4,003

4,775

passmark_singlethread

4,003

4,775

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900

Ultra 9 285T

Core Specs

Cores

16

24 +50.0%

Threads

24

24 0.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.4

1,400 +58233.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.1

5.4 +5.9%

Frequency (GHz)

2.4

1,400 +58233.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.1

5.4 +5.9%

Multiplier

24

14 -41.7%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

192 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1.25 MB (per core)

3 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

30 MB (shared)

36 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

35 -46.2%

PL1

65W

35 W

PL2

202W

112 W

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Arrow Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Arrow Lake-S

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake)

Process Size

10 nm

3 nm

Transistors

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17,800 million

Die Size

215 mm²

243 mm²

Foundry

Intel

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

102.4 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

Yes

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

—

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel Socket 1851

Chipsets

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

Z890, B860, W880, Q870, H810

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: 16

E-Core Frequency

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

1200 MHz up to 4.6 GHz

P-Core Turbo

—

5.3 GHz

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 64EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$519

$549

Part Number

SRL4KQXQ3

SRQD3

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-LGA18W

Tj Max

100°C

105°C

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