CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i7-8700

CORE STATE Coffee Lake

CORE SPECS 6 Cores / 12 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.2 Base / 4.6 GHz Turbo

CACHE 12 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Coffee Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2017

VS

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Intel

INTEL

Core i9-12900T

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 1400 Base / 4.9 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 35W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,092

2,536

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

154

357

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

4,553

10,567

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

642

1,491

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

10,841

25,160

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

1,530

3,552

passmark_data_compression

187,009

345,021

passmark_data_encryption

4,488

20,750

passmark_extended_instructions

12,432

20,054

passmark_find_prime_numbers

35

116

passmark_floating_point_math

27,839

75,741

passmark_integer_math

44,881

108,211

passmark_multithread

12,756

29,601

passmark_physics

732

1,811

passmark_random_string_sorting

23,963

39,771

passmark_single_thread

2,629

3,810

passmark_singlethread

2,629

3,810

geekbench_multicore

N/A

11,615

geekbench_singlecore

N/A

2,259

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i7-8700

i9-12900T

Core Specs

Cores

6

16 +166.7%

Threads

12

24 +100.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.2

1,400 +43650.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

4.6

4.9 +6.5%

Frequency (GHz)

3.2

1,400 +43650.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

4.6

4.9 +6.5%

Multiplier

32

14 -56.3%

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)

65

35 -46.2%

PL1

—

35W

PL2

—

106W

Architecture

Architecture

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake

Codename

Coffee Lake

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Core i7 (Coffee Lake)

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Process Size

14 nm

10 nm

Die Size

154 mm²

215 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

42.7 GB/s

—

ECC Memory

No

No

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

DDR5 Speed

—

4800 MT/s

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1151

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

Intel 300 Series, Intel 100/200 Series*

Z690, H670, B660, H610

PCIe

Gen 3, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

—

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

—

1000 MHz up to 3.6 GHz

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

End-of-life

Active

Launch Price

$303

$489

Part Number

SR3QS

SRL4M

Package

FC-LGA1151

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

—

100°C

Bundled Cooler

E97379-001

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