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 9 288V

CORE STATE Lunar Lake

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 8 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.3 Base / 5.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 30W

ARCHITECTURE Lunar Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

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

1,715

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

495

241

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

14,626

7,146

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,064

1,008

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

34,825

17,016

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,916

2,402

geekbench_multicore

14,895

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,600

N/A

passmark_data_compression

537,785

187,935

passmark_data_encryption

29,502

14,405

passmark_extended_instructions

33,779

15,826

passmark_find_prime_numbers

142

202

passmark_floating_point_math

105,558

60,422

passmark_integer_math

138,932

44,476

passmark_multithread

40,970

20,093

passmark_physics

2,098

1,671

passmark_random_string_sorting

57,177

22,847

passmark_single_thread

4,144

4,333

passmark_singlethread

4,144

4,333

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900KF

Ultra 9 288V

Core Specs

Cores

16

8 -50.0%

Threads

24

8 -66.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.2

3.3 +3.1%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.2

5.1 -1.9%

Frequency (GHz)

3.2

3.3 +3.1%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.2

5.1 -1.9%

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)

2.5 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

30 MB (shared)

12 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

125

30 -76.0%

PL1

241W

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PL2

241W

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Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Lunar Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Lunar Lake

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Ultra 9 (Lunar Lake)

Process Size

10 nm

3 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

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Foundry

Intel

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

LPDDR5X

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

—

136.5 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 2833

Chipsets

Z690, H670, B660, H610

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PCIe

Gen 4, 20 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

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

3.3 GHz up to 3.7 GHz

AI/NPU

NPU

—

Yes / 48 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

Arc 140V

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$564

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Part Number

SRL4J

SRPMSSRPMW

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-BGA

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

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