CPU Comparison

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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

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Intel

INTEL

Core Ultra 5 225F

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-S

CORE SPECS 10 Cores / 10 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.3 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 20 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Arrow Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

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

2,685

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

495

378

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

14,626

11,190

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,064

1,579

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

34,825

26,645

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,916

3,761

geekbench_multicore

14,895

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,600

N/A

passmark_data_compression

537,785

313,469

passmark_data_encryption

29,502

22,696

passmark_extended_instructions

33,779

28,492

passmark_find_prime_numbers

142

354

passmark_floating_point_math

105,558

92,965

passmark_integer_math

138,932

66,443

passmark_multithread

40,970

31,348

passmark_physics

2,098

2,566

passmark_random_string_sorting

57,177

37,696

passmark_single_thread

4,144

4,463

passmark_singlethread

4,144

4,463

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900KF

Ultra 5 225F

Core Specs

Cores

16

10 -37.5%

Threads

24

10 -58.3%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.2

3.3 +3.1%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.2

4.9 -5.8%

Frequency (GHz)

3.2

3.3 +3.1%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.2

4.9 -5.8%

Multiplier

32

33 +3.1%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

192 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1.25 MB (per core)

3 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

30 MB (shared)

20 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

125

65 -48.0%

PL1

241W

65 W

PL2

241W

121 W

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Arrow Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Arrow Lake-S

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Ultra 5 (Arrow Lake)

Process Size

10 nm

3 nm

Transistors

—

17,800 million

Die Size

215 mm²

243 mm²

Foundry

Intel

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

—

102.4 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

—

DDR5 Speed

4800 MT/s

—

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel Socket 1851

Chipsets

Z690, H670, B660, H610

Z890, B860, W880, Q870, H810

PCIe

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

P-Cores: 6 E-Cores: 4

E-Core Frequency

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

2.7 GHz up to 4.4 GHz

P-Core Turbo

—

4.7 GHz

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$564

$231

Part Number

SRL4J

SRQD2SRVF9

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-LGA18W

Tj Max

100°C

105°C

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