CPU Comparison

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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 i9-12900KS

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.4 Base / 5.5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 150W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,234

3,744

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

174

528

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

5,145

15,603

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

726

2,202

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

12,251

37,152

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,729

5,245

geekbench_multicore

7,251

15,960

geekbench_singlecore

1,699

2,705

passmark_data_compression

208,062

563,709

passmark_data_encryption

4,590

31,403

passmark_extended_instructions

18,088

35,089

passmark_find_prime_numbers

52

158

passmark_floating_point_math

35,498

111,429

passmark_integer_math

41,411

147,575

passmark_multithread

14,414

43,698

passmark_physics

880

2,437

passmark_random_string_sorting

25,756

60,539

passmark_single_thread

2,865

4,330

passmark_singlethread

2,865

4,330

3dmark_16_threads

N/A

10,316

3dmark_2_threads

N/A

2,212

3dmark_4_threads

N/A

4,320

3dmark_8_threads

N/A

7,872

3dmark_max_threads

N/A

11,897

3dmark_single_thread

N/A

1,121

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i7-9700K

i9-12900KS

Core Specs

Cores

8

16 +100.0%

Threads

8

24 +200.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.6

3.4 -5.6%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.9

5.5 +12.2%

Frequency (GHz)

3.6

3.4 -5.6%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.9

5.5 +12.2%

Multiplier

36

34 -5.6%

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

150 +57.9%

PL1

—

241 W

PL2

—

241 W

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

76.8 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

Yes

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

—

Z690, W680, H670, Q670, B660, H610

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

2.5 GHz up to 4 GHz

P-Core Turbo

—

5.2 GHz

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

End-of-life

Active

Launch Price

$385

$739

Part Number

SRG15SRELT

SRLDD

Package

FC-LGA14C

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

100°C

115°C

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