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 7 265H

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-H

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 16 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.2 Base / 5.3 GHz Turbo

CACHE 24 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 28W

ARCHITECTURE Arrow Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

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

2,918

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

528

411

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

15,603

12,161

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,202

1,716

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

37,152

28,956

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

5,245

4,088

geekbench_multicore

15,960

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,705

N/A

passmark_data_compression

563,709

328,727

passmark_data_encryption

31,403

25,983

passmark_extended_instructions

35,089

26,325

passmark_find_prime_numbers

158

342

passmark_floating_point_math

111,429

109,673

passmark_integer_math

147,575

85,662

passmark_multithread

43,698

34,067

passmark_physics

2,437

2,569

passmark_random_string_sorting

60,539

40,508

passmark_single_thread

4,330

4,432

passmark_singlethread

4,330

4,432

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900KS

Ultra 7 265H

Core Specs

Cores

16

16 0.0%

Threads

24

16 -33.3%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.4

2.2 -35.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.5

5.3 -3.6%

Frequency (GHz)

3.4

2.2 -35.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.5

5.3 -3.6%

Multiplier

34

22 -35.3%

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)

24 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

150

28 -81.3%

PL1

241 W

28 W

PL2

241 W

60 W

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Arrow Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Arrow Lake-H

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Ultra 7 (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

76.8 GB/s

102.4 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

Yes

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

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Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel BGA 2049

Chipsets

Z690, W680, H670, Q670, B660, H610

WM880, HM870

PCIe

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 8 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

P-Cores: 6 E-Cores: 10

E-Core Frequency

2.5 GHz up to 4 GHz

1700 MHz up to 4.5 GHz

P-Core Turbo

5.2 GHz

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LP E-Cores

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2

AI/NPU

NPU

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Yes / 13 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Arc Graphics 140T

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$739

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Part Number

SRLDD

SRQAQ

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-BGA

Tj Max

115°C

110°C

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