CPU Comparison

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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 235H

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-H

CORE SPECS 14 Cores / 14 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 18 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 28W

ARCHITECTURE Arrow Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

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

2,437

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

400

343

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

11,837

10,155

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,670

1,433

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

28,184

24,180

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

3,978

3,413

passmark_data_compression

400,636

276,729

passmark_data_encryption

22,932

21,757

passmark_extended_instructions

24,315

21,159

passmark_find_prime_numbers

132

244

passmark_floating_point_math

84,410

90,304

passmark_integer_math

113,416

71,248

passmark_multithread

33,158

28,448

passmark_physics

2,012

2,027

passmark_random_string_sorting

43,877

33,467

passmark_single_thread

3,745

4,361

passmark_singlethread

3,745

4,361

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900HX

Ultra 5 235H

Core Specs

Cores

16

14 -12.5%

Threads

24

14 -41.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.3

2.4 +4.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5

5 0.0%

Frequency (GHz)

2.3

2.4 +4.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5

5 0.0%

Multiplier

23

24 +4.3%

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)

18 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

55

28 -49.1%

PL1

55 W

28 W

PL2

157 W

60 W

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Arrow Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-HX

Arrow Lake-H

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-HX)

Ultra 5 (Arrow Lake-H)

Process Size

10 nm

3 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

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Foundry

Intel

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR5, LPDDR5X

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

—

102.4 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

No

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

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DDR5 Speed

4800 MT/s

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Platform

Socket

Intel BGA 1964

Intel BGA 2049

Chipsets

HM670, WM690

WM880, HM870

PCIe

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 8 Lanes(CPU only)

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

1800 MHz up to 4.4 GHz

LP E-Cores

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2

AI/NPU

NPU

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Yes / 13 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Arc Graphics 140T

Other

Market

Mobile

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$606

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Part Number

SRLGK

SRQAP

Package

FC-BGA16F

FC-BGA

Tj Max

100°C

110°C

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