Quick/Comparisons
76 | Single-Core Performance | 63 |
62 | Multi-Core Performance | 24 |
49 | Power Efficiency |
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69 | QucikComparison Final Score | 50 |
| 16 | Cores | 6 |
| 125 W | TDP | 12-25 W (configurable) |
| 10 nm | Transistor size | 2 nm |
| 115 | Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 92 |
| 1463 | Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 425 |
| 2686 | Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2418 |
| 16140 | Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 8042 |
| 1150 MB/sec | File compression | 846.1 MB/sec |
| 141 Klines/sec | Clang compilation | 48.2 Klines/sec |
| 363.2 pages/sec | HTML 5 Browser | 206.5 pages/sec |
| 475.6 Mpixels/sec | PDF Renderer | 227.7 Mpixels/sec |
| 274.8 pages/sec | Text processing | 233.6 pages/sec |
| 66.8 images/sec | Background blur | 38.6 images/sec |
| 138.5 images/sec | Photo processing | 72.3 images/sec |
| 33.9 Mpixels/sec | Ray tracing | 9.81 Mpixels/sec |
| 4132 | Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | — |
| 40732 | Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | — |
| 138.8 GOps/sec | Integer math | — |
| 105.3 GOps/sec | Floating point math | — |
| 140M Primes/sec | Find prime numbers | — |
| 56.9M Strings/sec | Random string sorting | — |
| 29.4 GBytes/sec | Data encryption | — |
| 535.2 MBytes/sec | Data compression | — |
| 2077 Frames/sec | Physics | — |
| 33.6B Matrices/sec | Extended instructions | — |
| 365.61 | Blender CPU | — |
| 11.7 PPW | Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 17 PPW |
| 129.1 PPW | Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 321.7 PPW |
| 325.9 PPW | Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | — |
| 2.92 PPW | Blender / Watt | — |
| — | [Performance Cores] | — |
| 8 | P-Cores | 2 |
| 16 | P-Threads | 2 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Frequency (P) | 2.5 GHz |
| — | [Efficient Cores] | — |
| 8 | E-Cores | 4 |
| 8 | E-Threads | 4 |
| 2.4 GHz | Base Frequency (E) | 1.9 GHz |
| — | [Total] | — |
| 16 | Total Cores | 6 |
| 24 | Total Threads | 6 |
| 32x | Multiplier | 25x |
| 64K (per core) | L1 Cache | — |
| 14MB (shared) | L2 Cache | — |
| Yes | Unlocked Multiplier | No |
| — | Integrated Graphics | Intel Xe3 Graphics |
| — | GPU Boost Clock | 2300 MHz |
| — | Shading Units | — |
| — | TMUs | — |
| — | ROPs | — |
| — | Execution Units | 4 |
| — | iGPU FLOPS | — |
| - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 | Memory Types | - LPDDR5X-7467 - DDR5-6400 |
| 128 GB | Max. Memory Size | 128 GB |
| 2 | Memory Channels | 2 |
| 76.8 GB/s | Max. Memory Bandwidth | — |
| Yes | ECC Support | No |
| Intel | Vendor | Intel |
| October 27, 2021 | Released | January 5, 2026 |
| Desktop | Type | Laptop |
| x86-64 | Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Panther Lake |
| i9-12900KF | Model number | 322 |
| No | Integrated GPU | Xe3 Graphics |
| — | Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| — | Transistors | — |
| 10 nm | Fabrication Process | 2 nm |
| 125 W | TDP (PL1) | 12-25 W (configurable) |
| LGA-1700 | Socket | FCBGA2540 |
| 100°C | Peak Temperature | 100°C |