CPU Comparison

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Intel

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

INTEL

Core Ultra 7 265HX

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-HX

CORE SPECS 20 Cores / 20 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.6 Base / 5.3 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

ARCHITECTURE Arrow Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

3,074

4,268

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

433

602

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

12,810

17,787

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,808

2,511

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

30,500

42,352

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,305

5,979

geekbench_multicore

13,818

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,533

N/A

passmark_data_compression

451,402

542,796

passmark_data_encryption

25,251

43,468

passmark_extended_instructions

28,265

42,181

passmark_find_prime_numbers

127

392

passmark_floating_point_math

96,452

170,392

passmark_integer_math

129,504

140,790

passmark_multithread

35,912

49,826

passmark_physics

1,842

2,325

passmark_random_string_sorting

48,477

65,478

passmark_single_thread

4,017

4,531

passmark_singlethread

4,017

4,531

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900F

Ultra 7 265HX

Core Specs

Cores

16

20 +25.0%

Threads

24

20 -16.7%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.4

2.6 +8.3%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.1

5.3 +3.9%

Frequency (GHz)

2.4

2.6 +8.3%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.1

5.3 +3.9%

Multiplier

24

26 +8.3%

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)

30 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

55 -15.4%

PL1

65W

55 W

PL2

202W

160 W

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Arrow Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Arrow Lake-HX

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Ultra 7 (Arrow Lake-HX)

Process Size

10 nm

3 nm

Transistors

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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

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Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel BGA 2114

Chipsets

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

WM880, HM870

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: 8 E-Cores: 12

E-Core Frequency

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

2.3 GHz up to 4.6 GHz

AI/NPU

NPU

—

Yes / 13 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

—

Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 64EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$494

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Part Number

SRL4L

SRVFH

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-BGA

Tj Max

100°C

105°C

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