CPU Comparison

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Intel

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

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Intel

INTEL

Core Ultra 7 165U

CORE STATE Meteor Lake

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 14 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 1700 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 15W

ARCHITECTURE Meteor Lake

nm

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2023

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

9,912

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,120

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,145

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

7,596

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

11,620

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,073

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

3,531

1,463

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

498

206

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

14,713

6,099

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,076

861

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

35,031

14,523

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,945

2,050

geekbench_multicore

15,525

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,640

N/A

passmark_data_compression

537,341

188,105

passmark_data_encryption

29,579

11,896

passmark_extended_instructions

33,682

10,610

passmark_find_prime_numbers

147

66

passmark_floating_point_math

105,471

40,775

passmark_integer_math

139,090

57,785

passmark_multithread

41,213

17,101

passmark_physics

2,219

1,141

passmark_random_string_sorting

57,094

21,258

passmark_single_thread

4,136

3,357

passmark_singlethread

4,136

3,357

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900K

Ultra 7 165U

Core Specs

Cores

16

12 -25.0%

Threads

24

14 -41.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.2

1,700 +53025.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.2

4.9 -5.8%

Frequency (GHz)

3.2

1,700 +53025.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.2

4.9 -5.8%

Multiplier

32

17 -46.9%

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)

12 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

125

15 -88.0%

PL1

241 W

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PL2

241 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Meteor Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Meteor Lake

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Ultra 7 (Meteor Lake)

Process Size

10 nm

7 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

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Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR5 Depends on motherboard

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

89.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

No

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

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Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel BGA 2049

Chipsets

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

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PCIe

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 4, 12 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

P-Cores: 2 E-Cores: 10

E-Core Frequency

2.4 GHz up to 3.9 GHz

1200 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

LP E-Cores

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2

AI/NPU

NPU

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Yes / 11 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Arc Xe-LPG 64EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$599

$448

Part Number

SRL4H

SRN6D

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-BGA

Tj Max

100°C

110°C

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