CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i7-8700K

CORE STATE Coffee Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.7 Base / 4.7 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 95W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2017

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Intel

INTEL

Core i9-12900F

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

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,163

3,074

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

164

433

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

4,846

12,810

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

684

1,808

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

11,539

30,500

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,629

4,305

geekbench_multicore

6,535

13,818

geekbench_singlecore

1,616

2,533

passmark_data_compression

198,951

451,402

passmark_data_encryption

4,776

25,251

passmark_extended_instructions

13,514

28,265

passmark_find_prime_numbers

39

127

passmark_floating_point_math

28,538

96,452

passmark_integer_math

45,892

129,504

passmark_multithread

13,576

35,912

passmark_physics

811

1,842

passmark_random_string_sorting

25,270

48,477

passmark_single_thread

2,720

4,017

passmark_singlethread

2,720

4,017

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i7-8700K

i9-12900F

Core Specs

Cores

6

16 +166.7%

Threads

12

24 +100.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.7

2.4 -35.1%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.7

5.1 +8.5%

Frequency (GHz)

3.7

2.4 -35.1%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.7

5.1 +8.5%

Multiplier

37

24 -35.1%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

256 KB (per core)

1.25 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

12 MB (shared)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

95

65 -31.6%

PL1

—

65W

PL2

—

202W

Architecture

Architecture

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake

Codename

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Core i7 (Coffee Lake)

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Process Size

14 nm

10 nm

Die Size

154 mm²

215 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

42.7 GB/s

76.8 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

Yes

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

—

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

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

—

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

End-of-life

Active

Launch Price

$359

$494

Part Number

SR3QRQNMK

SRL4L

Package

FC-LGA1151

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

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100°C

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