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

Xeon 654

CORE STATE Granite Rapids

CORE SPECS 18 Cores / 36 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.1 Base / 4.8 GHz Turbo

CACHE 72 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 200W

ARCHITECTURE Granite Rapids

nm

PROCESS 5 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2026

PERFORMANCE BENCHMARKS

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

3,064

5,256

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

432

742

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

12,768

21,903

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

1,802

3,092

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

30,401

52,150

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,292

7,362

geekbench_multicore

13,818

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,533

N/A

passmark_data_compression

451,402

818,902

passmark_data_encryption

25,251

40,675

passmark_extended_instructions

28,265

63,539

passmark_find_prime_numbers

127

390

passmark_floating_point_math

96,452

163,093

passmark_integer_math

129,504

207,745

passmark_multithread

35,912

61,353

passmark_physics

1,842

5,596

passmark_random_string_sorting

48,477

82,828

passmark_single_thread

4,017

3,778

passmark_singlethread

4,017

3,778

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900F

654

Core Specs

Cores

16

18 +12.5%

Threads

24

36 +50.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

2.4

3.1 +29.2%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.1

4.8 -5.9%

Frequency (GHz)

2.4

3.1 +29.2%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.1

4.8 -5.9%

Multiplier

24

31 +29.2%

SMP CPUs

1

1 0.0%

Cache

L1 Cache

80 KB (per core)

112 KB (per core)

L2 Cache

1.25 MB (per core)

2 MB (per core)

L3 Cache

30 MB (shared)

72 MB (shared)

Power

TDP (W)

65

200 +207.7%

PL1

65W

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PL2

202W

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Architecture

Architecture

Alder Lake

Granite Rapids

Codename

Alder Lake-S

Granite Rapids

Generation

Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)

Xeon 600 (Granite Rapids-WS)

Process Size

10 nm

5 nm

Die Size

215 mm²

2x 598 mm²

Foundry

Intel

Intel

Memory

Memory Support

DDR4, DDR5

DDR5

Memory Bus

Dual-channel

Eight-channel

Memory Bandwidth

76.8 GB/s

409.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

Yes

Yes

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

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Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel Socket 4710

Chipsets

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

W890

PCIe

Gen 5, 16 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 128 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

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E-Core Frequency

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

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AMD Multi-Die

IO Process Size

—

10 nm

Interconnect

CXL

—

Gen 2.0 (Shared with PCI-E)

Other

Market

Desktop

Server/Workstation

Production Status

Active

Active

Launch Price

$494

$1199

Part Number

SRL4L

SA2DP

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-LGA18N

Tj Max

100°C

96°C

Bundled Cooler

—

None

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