CPU Comparison

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Intel

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

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Intel

INTEL

Core Ultra 5 228V

CORE STATE Lunar Lake

CORE SPECS 8 Cores / 8 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.1 Base / 4.5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 8 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 17W

ARCHITECTURE Lunar Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2024

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

10,316

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,212

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,320

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

7,872

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

11,897

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,121

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

3,744

1,480

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

528

208

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

15,603

6,167

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,202

870

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

37,152

14,685

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

5,245

2,073

geekbench_multicore

15,960

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,705

N/A

passmark_data_compression

563,709

160,845

passmark_data_encryption

31,403

12,383

passmark_extended_instructions

35,089

13,600

passmark_find_prime_numbers

158

158

passmark_floating_point_math

111,429

50,789

passmark_integer_math

147,575

38,672

passmark_multithread

43,698

17,277

passmark_physics

2,437

1,431

passmark_random_string_sorting

60,539

19,996

passmark_single_thread

4,330

3,866

passmark_singlethread

4,330

3,866

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900KS

Ultra 5 228V

Core Specs

Cores

16

8 -50.0%

Threads

24

8 -66.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.4

2.1 -38.2%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.5

4.5 -18.2%

Frequency (GHz)

3.4

2.1 -38.2%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.5

4.5 -18.2%

Multiplier

34

21 -38.2%

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)

8 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

150

17 -88.7%

PL1

241 W

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PL2

241 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Lunar Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Lunar Lake

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Ultra 5 (Lunar Lake)

Process Size

10 nm

3 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

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Foundry

Intel

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

unknown Depends on motherboard

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

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ECC Memory

Yes

No

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

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Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel BGA 2833

Chipsets

Z690, W680, H670, Q670, B660, H610

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PCIe

Gen 5, 16 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

2.5 GHz up to 4 GHz

2.1 GHz up to 3.5 GHz

P-Core Turbo

5.2 GHz

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AI/NPU

NPU

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Yes / 40 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Arc 130V

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$739

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Part Number

SRLDD

SRPMVSRPMU

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-BGA

Tj Max

115°C

100°C

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