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 235H

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-H

CORE SPECS 14 Cores / 14 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 18 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 28W

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

2,437

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

495

343

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

14,626

10,155

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,064

1,433

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

34,825

24,180

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,916

3,413

geekbench_multicore

14,895

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,600

N/A

passmark_data_compression

537,785

276,729

passmark_data_encryption

29,502

21,757

passmark_extended_instructions

33,779

21,159

passmark_find_prime_numbers

142

244

passmark_floating_point_math

105,558

90,304

passmark_integer_math

138,932

71,248

passmark_multithread

40,970

28,448

passmark_physics

2,098

2,027

passmark_random_string_sorting

57,177

33,467

passmark_single_thread

4,144

4,361

passmark_singlethread

4,144

4,361

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900KF

Ultra 5 235H

Core Specs

Cores

16

14 -12.5%

Threads

24

14 -41.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.2

2.4 -25.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.2

5 -3.8%

Frequency (GHz)

3.2

2.4 -25.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.2

5 -3.8%

Multiplier

32

24 -25.0%

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)

18 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

125

28 -77.6%

PL1

241W

28 W

PL2

241W

60 W

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Arrow Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Arrow Lake-H

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Ultra 5 (Arrow Lake-H)

Process Size

10 nm

3 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

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Foundry

Intel

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR5, LPDDR5X

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

—

102.4 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

No

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

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DDR5 Speed

4800 MT/s

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Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel BGA 2049

Chipsets

Z690, H670, B660, H610

WM880, HM870

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

1800 MHz up to 4.4 GHz

LP E-Cores

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2

AI/NPU

NPU

—

Yes / 13 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

Arc Graphics 140T

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$564

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Part Number

SRL4J

SRQAP

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-BGA

Tj Max

100°C

110°C

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