CPU Comparison

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Intel

INTEL

Intel Core i9-12900KF

CORE STATE Alder Lake-S

CORE SPECS 16 Cores / 24 Threads

CLOCK SPEED 3.2 Base / 5.2 GHz Turbo

CACHE 30 MB (shared)

MAX TDP 125W

ARCHITECTURE Alder Lake

nm

PROCESS 10 nm

LAUNCH DATE 2021

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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

3dmark_16_threads

9,860

N/A

3dmark_2_threads

2,112

N/A

3dmark_4_threads

4,132

N/A

3dmark_8_threads

7,551

N/A

3dmark_max_threads

11,586

N/A

3dmark_single_thread

1,069

N/A

cinebench_cinebench_r15_multicore

3,469

5,256

cinebench_cinebench_r15_singlecore

489

742

cinebench_cinebench_r20_multicore

14,457

21,903

cinebench_cinebench_r20_singlecore

2,040

3,092

cinebench_cinebench_r23_multicore

34,422

52,150

cinebench_cinebench_r23_singlecore

4,859

7,362

geekbench_multicore

17,846

N/A

geekbench_singlecore

2,356

N/A

passmark_data_compression

537,785

818,902

passmark_data_encryption

29,502

40,675

passmark_extended_instructions

33,779

63,539

passmark_find_prime_numbers

142

390

passmark_floating_point_math

105,558

163,093

passmark_integer_math

138,932

207,745

passmark_multithread

40,970

61,353

passmark_physics

2,098

5,596

passmark_random_string_sorting

57,177

82,828

passmark_single_thread

4,144

3,778

passmark_singlethread

4,144

3,778

DETAILED SPECIFICATIONS

SPECIFICATION

i9-12900KF

654

Core Specs

Cores

16

18 +12.5%

Threads

24

36 +50.0%

Base Clock (GHz)

3.2

3.1 -3.1%

Boost Clock (GHz)

5.2

4.8 -7.7%

Frequency (GHz)

3.2

3.1 -3.1%

Turbo Clock (GHz)

5.2

4.8 -7.7%

Multiplier

32

31 -3.1%

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)

125

200 +60.0%

PL1

241W

—

PL2

241W

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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

—

409.6 GB/s

ECC Memory

No

Yes

DDR4 Speed

3200 MT/s

—

DDR5 Speed

4800 MT/s

—

Platform

Socket

Intel Socket 1700

Intel Socket 4710

Chipsets

Z690, H670, B660, H610

W890

PCIe

Gen 4, 20 Lanes(CPU only)

Gen 5, 128 Lanes(CPU only)

Intel Hybrid

Hybrid Cores

P-Cores: 8 E-Cores: 8

—

E-Core Frequency

1800 MHz up to 3.8 GHz

—

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

$564

$1199

Part Number

SRL4J

SA2DP

Package

FC-LGA16A

FC-LGA18N

Tj Max

100°C

96°C

Bundled Cooler

—

None

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