CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i9-12900HK

CORE STATE Alder Lake-H

CORE SPECS 14 Cores / 20 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.5 Base / 5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 24 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 45W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

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Intel

INTEL

Core Ultra 9 285HX

CORE STATE Arrow Lake-HX

CORE SPECS 24 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 2.8 Base / 5.5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 36 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 55W

ARCHITECTURE Arrow Lake

nm

PROCESS 3 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2025

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

3dmark_16_threads

6,441

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

1,942

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

3,537

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

5,172

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

6,829

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,025

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

2,201

5,342

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

310

754

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

9,171

22,260

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,294

3,142

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

21,837

53,000

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

3,082

7,482

passmark_data_compression

294,908

709,118

passmark_data_encryption

17,445

53,869

passmark_extended_instructions

17,583

54,810

passmark_find_prime_numbers

102

503

passmark_floating_point_math

63,572

210,220

passmark_integer_math

89,527

163,213

passmark_multithread

25,697

62,297

passmark_physics

1,673

3,970

passmark_random_string_sorting

32,983

87,568

passmark_single_thread

3,567

4,784

passmark_singlethread

3,567

4,784

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900HK

Ultra 9 285HX

Core Specs

Cores

14

24 +71.4%

Threads

20

24 +20.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.5

2.8 +12.0%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5

5.5 +10.0%

Frequency (GHz)

2.5

2.8 +12.0%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5

5.5 +10.0%

Multiplier

25

28 +12.0%

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

24 MB (shared)

36 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

45

55 +22.2%

PL1

—

55 W

PL2

—

160 W

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Arrow Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-H

Arrow Lake-HX

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-H)

Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake-HX)

Process Size

10 nm

3 nm

Transistors

—

17,800 million

Die Size

217 mm²

243 mm²

Foundry

Intel

TSMC

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Dual-channel

Memory Bandwidth

—

102.4 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

Yes

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

—

DDR5 Speed

4800 MT/s

—

Platform

Socket

Intel BGA 1744

Intel BGA 2114

Chipsets

—

WM880, HM870

PCIe

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 6 E-Cores: 8

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 16

E-Core Frequency

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

2.1 GHz up to 4.6 GHz

AI/NPU

NPU

—

Yes / 13 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

Iris Xe 96EU

Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 64EU

Other

Market

Mobile

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Part Number

SRLD3

SRVFJ

Package

FC-BGA16F

FC-BGA

Tj Max

100°C

105°C

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