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 9 185H

CORE STATE Meteor Lake

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 22 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.9 Base / 5.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 24 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 45W

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

2,517

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

528

355

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

15,603

10,489

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,202

1,480

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

37,152

24,975

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

5,245

3,525

geekbench_multicore

15,960

11,950

geekbench_singlecore

2,705

2,235

passmark_data_compression

563,709

339,489

passmark_data_encryption

31,403

19,827

passmark_extended_instructions

35,089

20,272

passmark_find_prime_numbers

158

123

passmark_floating_point_math

111,429

73,270

passmark_integer_math

147,575

98,302

passmark_multithread

43,698

29,376

passmark_physics

2,437

1,956

passmark_random_string_sorting

60,539

39,598

passmark_single_thread

4,330

3,697

passmark_singlethread

4,330

3,697

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900KS

Ultra 9 185H

Core Specs

Cores

16

16 0.0%

Threads

24

22 -8.3%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.4

3.9 +14.7%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.5

5.1 -7.3%

Frequency (GHz)

3.4

3.9 +14.7%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.5

5.1 -7.3%

Multiplier

34

39 +14.7%

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)

24 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

150

45 -70.0%

PL1

241 W

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PL2

241 W

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Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Meteor Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Meteor Lake

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Ultra 9 (Meteor Lake)

Process Size

10 nm

7 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

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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

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Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel BGA 2049

Chipsets

Z690, W680, H670, Q670, B660, H610

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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

1900 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

P-Core Turbo

5.2 GHz

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LP E-Cores

—

2

AI/NPU

NPU

—

Yes / 11 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 128EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$739

$640

Part Number

SRLDD

SRN23

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-BGA18X

Tj Max

115°C

110°C

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