CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i5-10400

CORE STATE Comet Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.9 Base / 4.3 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Comet Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2020

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Intel

INTEL

Core i9-12900K

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.2 Base / 5.2 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 125W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2021

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

4,743

9,912

3dmark_2_threads

1,350

2,120

3dmark_4_threads

2,567

4,145

3dmark_8_threads

3,922

7,596

3dmark_max_threads

4,715

11,620

3dmark_single_thread

688

1,073

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,028

3,531

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

144

498

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

4,286

14,713

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

604

2,076

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

10,205

35,031

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,440

4,945

passmark_data_compression

187,207

537,341

passmark_data_encryption

4,078

29,579

passmark_extended_instructions

12,501

33,682

passmark_find_prime_numbers

34

147

passmark_floating_point_math

26,080

105,471

passmark_integer_math

41,715

139,090

passmark_multithread

12,006

41,213

passmark_physics

669

2,219

passmark_random_string_sorting

23,206

57,094

passmark_single_thread

2,560

4,136

passmark_singlethread

2,560

4,136

geekbench_multicore

N/A

15,525

geekbench_singlecore

N/A

2,640

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i5-10400

i9-12900K

Core Specs

Cores

6

16 +166.7%

Threads

12

24 +100.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.9

3.2 +10.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.3

5.2 +20.9%

Frequency (GHz)

2.9

3.2 +10.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.3

5.2 +20.9%

Multiplier

29

32 +10.3%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

64 KB (per core)

80 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

256 KB (per core)

1.25 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

12 MB (shared)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

125 +92.3%

PL1

65 W

241 W

PL2

134 W

241 W

Architecture

Architecture

Comet Lake

Alder Lake

Codename

Comet Lake

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Core i5 (Comet Lake)

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Process Size

14 nm

10 nm

Die Size

—

215 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

42.7 GB/s

76.8 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

Yes

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1200

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

—

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

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

2.4 GHz up to 3.9 GHz

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

—

$599

Part Number

SRH3CSRH78

SRL4H

Package

FC-LGA1200

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

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