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 i9-12950HX

CORE STATE Alder Lake-HX

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.3 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

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

2,712

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

271

382

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

8,013

11,301

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,131

1,595

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

19,079

26,908

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

2,693

3,798

geekbench_multicore

9,141

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

1,780

N/A

passmark_data_compression

375,336

367,930

passmark_data_encryption

7,796

21,395

passmark_extended_instructions

24,620

22,163

passmark_find_prime_numbers

63

135

passmark_floating_point_math

53,123

80,402

passmark_integer_math

85,404

109,586

passmark_multithread

22,452

31,673

passmark_physics

1,029

2,084

passmark_random_string_sorting

46,389

41,209

passmark_single_thread

3,113

3,778

passmark_singlethread

3,113

3,778

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-10900K

i9-12950HX

Core Specs

Cores

10

16 +60.0%

Threads

20

24 +20.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.7

2.3 -37.8%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.3

5 -5.7%

Frequency (GHz)

3.7

2.3 -37.8%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.3

5 -5.7%

Multiplier

37

23 -37.8%

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

55 -56.0%

PL1

125 W

55 W

PL2

250 W

157 W

Architecture

Architecture

Comet Lake

Alder Lake

Codename

Comet Lake

Alder Lake-HX

Generation

Core i9 (Comet Lake)

Core i9 (Alder Lake-HX)

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

Yes

DDR4 Speed

—

3200 MT/s

DDR5 Speed

—

4800 MT/s

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1200

Intel BGA 1964

Chipsets

H410, B460, H470, Z490

HM670, WM690

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

—

1700 MHz up to 3.6 GHz

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 630

UHD Graphics 770

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

End-of-life

Active

Launch Price

$547

$590

Part Number

SRH91

SRLGG

Package

FC-LGA1200

FC-BGA16F

Tj Max

100°C

100°C

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