CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i7-9700K

CORE STATE Coffee Lake

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 8 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.6 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 95W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2018

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Intel

INTEL

Core i9-12900KF

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

1,234

3,510

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

174

495

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

5,145

14,626

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

726

2,064

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

12,251

34,825

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,729

4,916

geekbench_multicore

7,251

14,895

geekbench_singlecore

1,699

2,600

passmark_data_compression

208,062

537,785

passmark_data_encryption

4,590

29,502

passmark_extended_instructions

18,088

33,779

passmark_find_prime_numbers

52

142

passmark_floating_point_math

35,498

105,558

passmark_integer_math

41,411

138,932

passmark_multithread

14,414

40,970

passmark_physics

880

2,098

passmark_random_string_sorting

25,756

57,177

passmark_single_thread

2,865

4,144

passmark_singlethread

2,865

4,144

3dmark_16_threads

N/A

9,860

3dmark_2_threads

N/A

2,112

3dmark_4_threads

N/A

4,132

3dmark_8_threads

N/A

7,551

3dmark_max_threads

N/A

11,586

3dmark_single_thread

N/A

1,069

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i7-9700K

i9-12900KF

Core Specs

Cores

8

16 +100.0%

Threads

8

24 +200.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.6

3.2 -11.1%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.9

5.2 +6.1%

Frequency (GHz)

3.6

3.2 -11.1%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.9

5.2 +6.1%

Multiplier

36

32 -11.1%

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)

95

125 +31.6%

PL1

—

241W

PL2

—

241W

Architecture

Architecture

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake

Codename

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Core i7 (Coffee Lake Refresh)

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Process Size

14 nm

10 nm

Die Size

180.3 mm²

215 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

42.7 GB/s

—

ECC Memory

No

No

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

DDR5 Speed

—

4800 MT/s

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

—

Z690, H670, B660, H610

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

—

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

End-of-life

Active

Launch Price

$385

$564

Part Number

SRG15SRELT

SRL4J

Package

FC-LGA14C

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

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