CPU Comparison

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INTEL

Intel Core i9-12900F

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.4 Base / 5.1 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

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INTEL

Core Ultra 5 235

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-S

CORE SPECS 14 Cores / 14 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.4 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 24 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 65W

ARCHITECTURE Arrow Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

3,074

3,440

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

433

485

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

12,810

14,334

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,808

2,023

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

30,500

34,129

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,305

4,818

geekbench_multicore

13,818

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,533

N/A

passmark_data_compression

451,402

413,865

passmark_data_encryption

25,251

31,148

passmark_extended_instructions

28,265

34,793

passmark_find_prime_numbers

127

396

passmark_floating_point_math

96,452

125,202

passmark_integer_math

129,504

93,621

passmark_multithread

35,912

40,192

passmark_physics

1,842

2,976

passmark_random_string_sorting

48,477

49,667

passmark_single_thread

4,017

4,542

passmark_singlethread

4,017

4,542

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900F

Ultra 5 235

Core Specs

Cores

16

14 -12.5%

Threads

24

14 -41.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.4

3.4 +41.7%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.1

5 -2.0%

Frequency (GHz)

2.4

3.4 +41.7%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.1

5 -2.0%

Multiplier

24

34 +41.7%

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)

65

65 0.0%

PL1

65W

65 W

PL2

202W

121 W

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Arrow Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Arrow Lake-S

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Ultra 5 (Arrow Lake)

Process Size

10 nm

3 nm

Transistors

—

17,800 million

Die Size

215 mm²

243 mm²

Foundry

Intel

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

102.4 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

No

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

—

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel Socket 1851

Chipsets

Z690, W680, H670, Q670, B660, H610, Z790, H770, B760

Z890, B860, W880, Q870, H810

PCIe

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

P-Cores: 6 E-Cores: 8

E-Core Frequency

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

2.9 GHz up to 4.4 GHz

P-Core Turbo

—

4.8 GHz

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 24EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Desktop

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$494

$257

Part Number

SRL4L

SRQAS

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-LGA18W

Tj Max

100°C

105°C

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