CPU Comparison

i

Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i9-12900KS

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.4 Base / 5.5 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 150W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2022

VS

i

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

10,316

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,212

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,320

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

7,872

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

11,897

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,121

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

3,744

5,342

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

528

754

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

15,603

22,260

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,202

3,142

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

37,152

53,000

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

5,245

7,482

geekbench_multicore

15,960

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,705

N/A

passmark_data_compression

563,709

709,118

passmark_data_encryption

31,403

53,869

passmark_extended_instructions

35,089

54,810

passmark_find_prime_numbers

158

503

passmark_floating_point_math

111,429

210,220

passmark_integer_math

147,575

163,213

passmark_multithread

43,698

62,297

passmark_physics

2,437

3,970

passmark_random_string_sorting

60,539

87,568

passmark_single_thread

4,330

4,784

passmark_singlethread

4,330

4,784

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900KS

Ultra 9 285HX

Core Specs

Cores

16

24 +50.0%

Threads

24

24 0.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.4

2.8 -17.6%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.5

5.5 0.0%

Frequency (GHz)

3.4

2.8 -17.6%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.5

5.5 0.0%

Multiplier

34

28 -17.6%

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)

36 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

150

55 -63.3%

PL1

241 W

55 W

PL2

241 W

160 W

Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Arrow Lake

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Arrow Lake-HX

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Ultra 9 (Arrow Lake-HX)

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

Yes

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

—

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel BGA 2114

Chipsets

Z690, W680, H670, Q670, B660, H610

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: 16

E-Core Frequency

2.5 GHz up to 4 GHz

2.1 GHz up to 4.6 GHz

P-Core Turbo

5.2 GHz

—

AI/NPU

NPU

—

Yes / 13 TOPS

Graphics

Integrated Graphics

UHD Graphics 770

Arc Xe-LPG Graphics 64EU

Other

Market

Desktop

Mobile

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$739

—

Part Number

SRLDD

SRVFJ

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-BGA

Tj Max

115°C

105°C

View Core i9-12900KS Details View Core Ultra 9 285HX Details