CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i9-12900HX

CORE STATE Alder Lake-HX

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.3 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

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

3dmark_16_threads

8,077

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

1,994

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

3,729

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

6,461

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

9,067

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,026

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

2,840

1,806

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

400

254

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

11,837

7,527

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,670

1,062

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

28,184

17,923

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

3,978

2,530

passmark_data_compression

400,636

236,209

passmark_data_encryption

22,932

14,251

passmark_extended_instructions

24,315

13,749

passmark_find_prime_numbers

132

88

passmark_floating_point_math

84,410

51,670

passmark_integer_math

113,416

69,986

passmark_multithread

33,158

21,100

passmark_physics

2,012

1,439

passmark_random_string_sorting

43,877

27,435

passmark_single_thread

3,745

3,399

passmark_singlethread

3,745

3,399

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900HX

Ultra 5 125H

Core Specs

Cores

16

14 -12.5%

Threads

24

18 -25.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.3

3.6 +56.5%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5

4.5 -10.0%

Frequency (GHz)

2.3

3.6 +56.5%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5

4.5 -10.0%

Multiplier

23

36 +56.5%

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)

55

28 -49.1%

PL1

55 W

—

PL2

157 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Meteor Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-HX

Meteor Lake

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-HX)

Ultra 5 (Meteor Lake)

Process Size

10 nm

7 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

—

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR5 Depends on motherboard

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

—

89.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

No

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

—

DDR5 Speed

4800 MT/s

—

Platform

Socket

Intel BGA 1964

Intel BGA 2049

Chipsets

HM670, WM690

—

PCIe

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

P-Cores: 4 E-Cores: 10

E-Core Frequency

1700 MHz up to 3.6 GHz

2.3 GHz up to 3.6 GHz

LP E-Cores

—

2

AI/NPU

NPU

—

Yes / 11 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Arc Xe-LPG 96EU

Other

Market

Mobile

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$606

$375

Part Number

SRLGK

SRMZ4

Package

FC-BGA16F

FC-BGA

Tj Max

100°C

110°C

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