CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i5-8500

CORE STATE Coffee Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 6 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3 Base / 4.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 9 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2018

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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

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

816

3,531

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

115

498

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

3,402

14,713

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

480

2,076

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

8,100

35,031

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,143

4,945

passmark_data_compression

134,673

537,341

passmark_data_encryption

3,027

29,579

passmark_extended_instructions

11,480

33,682

passmark_find_prime_numbers

36

147

passmark_floating_point_math

22,489

105,471

passmark_integer_math

26,551

139,090

passmark_multithread

9,532

41,213

passmark_physics

628

2,219

passmark_random_string_sorting

16,294

57,094

passmark_single_thread

2,441

4,136

passmark_singlethread

2,441

4,136

3dmark_16_threads

N/A

9,912

3dmark_2_threads

N/A

2,120

3dmark_4_threads

N/A

4,145

3dmark_8_threads

N/A

7,596

3dmark_max_threads

N/A

11,620

3dmark_single_thread

N/A

1,073

geekbench_multicore

N/A

15,525

geekbench_singlecore

N/A

2,640

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i5-8500

i9-12900K

Core Specs

Cores

6

16 +166.7%

Threads

6

24 +300.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3

3.2 +6.7%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.1

5.2 +26.8%

Frequency (GHz)

3

3.2 +6.7%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.1

5.2 +26.8%

Multiplier

30

32 +6.7%

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

9 MB (shared)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

125 +92.3%

PL1

—

241 W

PL2

—

241 W

Architecture

Architecture

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake

Codename

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Core i5 (Coffee Lake)

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Process Size

14 nm

10 nm

Die Size

154 mm²

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 1151

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

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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

End-of-life

Active

Launch Price

$192

$599

Part Number

SR3XE

SRL4H

Package

FC-LGA1151

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

Bundled Cooler

E97379-001

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