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 258V

CORE STATE Lunar Lake

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 8 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.2 Base / 4.8 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 17W

ARCHITECTURE Lunar Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

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

1,636

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

498

230

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

14,713

6,817

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,076

962

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

35,031

16,232

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,945

2,291

geekbench_multicore

15,525

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,640

N/A

passmark_data_compression

537,341

179,154

passmark_data_encryption

29,579

13,684

passmark_extended_instructions

33,682

14,987

passmark_find_prime_numbers

147

189

passmark_floating_point_math

105,471

58,430

passmark_integer_math

139,090

43,322

passmark_multithread

41,213

19,144

passmark_physics

2,219

1,582

passmark_random_string_sorting

57,094

21,820

passmark_single_thread

4,136

4,048

passmark_singlethread

4,136

4,048

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900K

Ultra 7 258V

Core Specs

Cores

16

8 -50.0%

Threads

24

8 -66.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.2

2.2 -31.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.2

4.8 -7.7%

Frequency (GHz)

3.2

2.2 -31.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.2

4.8 -7.7%

Multiplier

32

22 -31.3%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

192 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1.25 MB (per core)

2.5 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

30 MB (shared)

12 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

125

17 -86.4%

PL1

241 W

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PL2

241 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Lunar Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Lunar Lake

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Ultra 7 (Lunar Lake)

Process Size

10 nm

3 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

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Foundry

Intel

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

unknown Depends on motherboard

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

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ECC Memory

Yes

No

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

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Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel BGA 2833

Chipsets

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

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PCIe

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 4 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

P-Cores: 4 E-Cores: 4

E-Core Frequency

2.4 GHz up to 3.9 GHz

2.2 GHz up to 3.7 GHz

AI/NPU

NPU

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Yes / 47 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Arc 140V

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$599

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Part Number

SRL4H

SRPMNSRPMT

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-BGA

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

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