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 7 265T

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-S

CORE SPECS 20 Cores / 20 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 1500 Base / 5.3 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 35W

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

3,156

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

400

445

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

11,837

13,151

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,670

1,856

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

28,184

31,312

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

3,978

4,420

passmark_data_compression

400,636

316,131

passmark_data_encryption

22,932

27,943

passmark_extended_instructions

24,315

24,451

passmark_find_prime_numbers

132

359

passmark_floating_point_math

84,410

153,188

passmark_integer_math

113,416

123,852

passmark_multithread

33,158

36,838

passmark_physics

2,012

2,498

passmark_random_string_sorting

43,877

41,106

passmark_single_thread

3,745

4,624

passmark_singlethread

3,745

4,624

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900HX

Ultra 7 265T

Core Specs

Cores

16

20 +25.0%

Threads

24

20 -16.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.3

1,500 +65117.4%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5

5.3 +6.0%

Frequency (GHz)

2.3

1,500 +65117.4%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5

5.3 +6.0%

Multiplier

23

15 -34.8%

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)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

55

35 -36.4%

PL1

55 W

35 W

PL2

157 W

112 W

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Arrow Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-HX

Arrow Lake-S

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-HX)

Ultra 7 (Arrow Lake)

Process Size

10 nm

3 nm

Transistors

—

17,800 million

Die Size

215 mm²

243 mm²

Foundry

Intel

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

—

102.4 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

No

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

—

DDR5 Speed

4800 MT/s

—

Platform

Socket

Intel BGA 1964

Intel Socket 1851

Chipsets

HM670, WM690

Z890, B860, W880, Q870, H810

PCIe

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 12

E-Core Frequency

1700 MHz up to 3.6 GHz

1200 MHz up to 4.6 GHz

P-Core Turbo

—

5.2 GHz

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 64EU

Other

Market

Mobile

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$606

$384

Part Number

SRLGK

SRQCS

Package

FC-BGA16F

FC-LGA18W

Tj Max

100°C

105°C

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