CPU Comparison

i

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

VS

i

Intel

INTEL

Core Ultra 7 165U

CORE STATE Meteor Lake

CORE SPECS 12 Cores / 14 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 1700 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 15W

ARCHITECTURE Meteor Lake

nm

PROCESS 7 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2023

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

1,463

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

528

206

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

15,603

6,099

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,202

861

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

37,152

14,523

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

5,245

2,050

geekbench_multicore

15,960

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,705

N/A

passmark_data_compression

563,709

188,105

passmark_data_encryption

31,403

11,896

passmark_extended_instructions

35,089

10,610

passmark_find_prime_numbers

158

66

passmark_floating_point_math

111,429

40,775

passmark_integer_math

147,575

57,785

passmark_multithread

43,698

17,101

passmark_physics

2,437

1,141

passmark_random_string_sorting

60,539

21,258

passmark_single_thread

4,330

3,357

passmark_singlethread

4,330

3,357

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900KS

Ultra 7 165U

Core Specs

Cores

16

12 -25.0%

Threads

24

14 -41.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.4

1,700 +49900.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.5

4.9 -10.9%

Frequency (GHz)

3.4

1,700 +49900.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.5

4.9 -10.9%

Multiplier

34

17 -50.0%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

112 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1.25 MB (per core)

2 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

30 MB (shared)

12 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

150

15 -90.0%

PL1

241 W

—

PL2

241 W

—

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Meteor Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Meteor Lake

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Ultra 7 (Meteor Lake)

Process Size

10 nm

7 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

—

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR5 Depends on motherboard

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

89.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

No

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

—

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel BGA 2049

Chipsets

Z690, W680, H670, Q670, B660, H610

—

PCIe

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 4, 12 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

P-Cores: 2 E-Cores: 10

E-Core Frequency

2.5 GHz up to 4 GHz

1200 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

P-Core Turbo

5.2 GHz

—

LP E-Cores

—

2

AI/NPU

NPU

—

Yes / 11 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Arc Xe-LPG 64EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$739

$448

Part Number

SRLDD

SRN6D

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-BGA

Tj Max

115°C

110°C

View Core i9-12900KS Details View Core Ultra 7 165U Details