CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i9-10900K

CORE STATE Comet Lake

CORE SPECS 10 Cores / 20 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.7 Base / 5.3 GHz Turbo

CACHE 20 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 125W

ARCHITECTURE Comet Lake

nm

PROCESS 14 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2020

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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

3dmark_16_threads

8,257

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

1,688

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

3,313

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

6,221

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

8,938

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

851

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

1,923

2,536

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

271

357

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

8,013

10,567

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,131

1,491

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

19,079

25,160

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

2,693

3,552

geekbench_multicore

9,141

11,615

geekbench_singlecore

1,780

2,259

passmark_data_compression

375,336

345,021

passmark_data_encryption

7,796

20,750

passmark_extended_instructions

24,620

20,054

passmark_find_prime_numbers

63

116

passmark_floating_point_math

53,123

75,741

passmark_integer_math

85,404

108,211

passmark_multithread

22,452

29,601

passmark_physics

1,029

1,811

passmark_random_string_sorting

46,389

39,771

passmark_single_thread

3,113

3,810

passmark_singlethread

3,113

3,810

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-10900K

i9-12900T

Core Specs

Cores

10

16 +60.0%

Threads

20

24 +20.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.7

1,400 +37737.8%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.3

4.9 -7.5%

Frequency (GHz)

3.7

1,400 +37737.8%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.3

4.9 -7.5%

Multiplier

37

14 -62.2%

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

20 MB (shared)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

125

35 -72.0%

PL1

125 W

35W

PL2

250 W

106W

Architecture

Architecture

Comet Lake

Alder Lake

Codename

Comet Lake

Alder Lake-S

Generation

Core i9 (Comet Lake)

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Process Size

14 nm

10 nm

Die Size

206 mm²

215 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4

DDR4, DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

46.9 GB/s

—

ECC Memory

No

No

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

DDR5 Speed

—

4800 MT/s

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1200

Intel Socket 1700

Chipsets

H410, B460, H470, Z490

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

$547

$489

Part Number

SRH91

SRL4M

Package

FC-LGA1200

FC-LGA16A

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

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