CPU Comparison

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Intel

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

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Intel

INTEL

Core Ultra 5 135H

CORE STATE Meteor Lake

CORE SPECS 14 Cores / 18 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.6 Base / 4.6 GHz Turbo

CACHE 18 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 28W

ARCHITECTURE Meteor Lake

nm

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2023

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

9,860

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,112

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,132

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

7,551

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

11,586

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,069

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

3,510

1,923

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

495

271

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

14,626

8,013

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,064

1,131

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

34,825

19,080

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,916

2,693

geekbench_multicore

14,895

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,600

N/A

passmark_data_compression

537,785

251,651

passmark_data_encryption

29,502

15,026

passmark_extended_instructions

33,779

15,028

passmark_find_prime_numbers

142

89

passmark_floating_point_math

105,558

54,867

passmark_integer_math

138,932

73,509

passmark_multithread

40,970

22,422

passmark_physics

2,098

1,482

passmark_random_string_sorting

57,177

28,980

passmark_single_thread

4,144

3,521

passmark_singlethread

4,144

3,521

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900KF

Ultra 5 135H

Core Specs

Cores

16

14 -12.5%

Threads

24

18 -25.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.2

3.6 +12.5%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.2

4.6 -11.5%

Frequency (GHz)

3.2

3.6 +12.5%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.2

4.6 -11.5%

Multiplier

32

36 +12.5%

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)

18 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

125

28 -77.6%

PL1

241W

—

PL2

241W

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Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Meteor Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Meteor Lake

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Ultra 5 (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

—

89.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

—

DDR5 Speed

4800 MT/s

—

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel BGA 2049

Chipsets

Z690, H670, B660, H610

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PCIe

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 8 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

P-Cores: 4 E-Cores: 10

E-Core Frequency

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

2.3 GHz up to 3.6 GHz

LP E-Cores

—

2

AI/NPU

NPU

—

Yes / 11 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

Arc Xe-LPG 96EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$564

$342

Part Number

SRL4J

SRMZ0

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-BGA

Tj Max

100°C

110°C

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