CPU Comparison

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Intel

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

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Intel

INTEL

Core Ultra 5 125H

CORE STATE Meteor Lake

CORE SPECS 14 Cores / 18 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.6 Base / 4.5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 18 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 28W

ARCHITECTURE Meteor Lake

nm

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2023

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

3,074

1,806

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

433

254

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

12,810

7,527

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,808

1,062

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

30,500

17,923

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,305

2,530

geekbench_multicore

13,818

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,533

N/A

passmark_data_compression

451,402

236,209

passmark_data_encryption

25,251

14,251

passmark_extended_instructions

28,265

13,749

passmark_find_prime_numbers

127

88

passmark_floating_point_math

96,452

51,670

passmark_integer_math

129,504

69,986

passmark_multithread

35,912

21,100

passmark_physics

1,842

1,439

passmark_random_string_sorting

48,477

27,435

passmark_single_thread

4,017

3,399

passmark_singlethread

4,017

3,399

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900F

Ultra 5 125H

Core Specs

Cores

16

14 -12.5%

Threads

24

18 -25.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.4

3.6 +50.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.1

4.5 -11.8%

Frequency (GHz)

2.4

3.6 +50.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.1

4.5 -11.8%

Multiplier

24

36 +50.0%

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)

18 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

28 -56.9%

PL1

65W

—

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, Z790, H770, B760

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PCIe

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

P-Cores: 4 E-Cores: 10

E-Core Frequency

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

2.3 GHz up to 3.6 GHz

LP E-Cores

—

2

AI/NPU

NPU

—

Yes / 11 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

Arc Xe-LPG 96EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$494

$375

Part Number

SRL4L

SRMZ4

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-BGA

Tj Max

100°C

110°C

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