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

Xeon w3-2525

CORE STATE Sapphire Rapids

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 16 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.5 Base / 4.5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 22.5 MB

MAX TDP 175W

ARCHITECTURE Sapphire Rapids

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

3,074

2,388

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

433

336

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

12,810

9,953

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,808

1,404

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

30,500

23,699

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,305

3,345

geekbench_multicore

13,818

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,533

N/A

passmark_data_compression

451,402

337,116

passmark_data_encryption

25,251

16,932

passmark_extended_instructions

28,265

27,881

passmark_find_prime_numbers

127

125

passmark_floating_point_math

96,452

67,764

passmark_integer_math

129,504

86,889

passmark_multithread

35,912

27,882

passmark_physics

1,842

1,656

passmark_random_string_sorting

48,477

33,850

passmark_single_thread

4,017

3,430

passmark_singlethread

4,017

3,430

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900F

w3-2525

Core Specs

Cores

16

8 -50.0%

Threads

24

16 -33.3%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.4

3.5 +45.8%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.1

4.5 -11.8%

Frequency (GHz)

2.4

3.5 +45.8%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.1

4.5 -11.8%

Multiplier

24

35 +45.8%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1.25 MB (per core)

2 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

30 MB (shared)

22.5 MB

Power

TDP (W)

65

175 +169.2%

PL1

65W

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PL2

202W

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Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Sapphire Rapids

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Sapphire Rapids

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Xeon W (Sapphire Rapids)

Process Size

10 nm

10 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

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Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Quad-channel

Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

140.8 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

Yes

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

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Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel Socket 4677

Chipsets

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

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PCIe

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 64 Lanes(CPU only)

DMI

—

4.0 x8

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

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E-Core Frequency

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

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Other

Market

Desktop

Server/Workstation

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$494

$609

Part Number

SRL4L

SRN4J

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

100°C

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