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A mid-to-upper-range Intel Core i9 12900K processor with strong single-core performance (74/100). Suited for everyday productivity.
| Single-Core Performance | 74 /100 |
| Multi-Core Performance | 63 /100 |
| Power Efficiency | 49 /100 |
| Integrated Graphics |
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| Cores | 16 |
| TDP | 125 W |
| Transistor size | 10 nm |
| Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 109 |
| Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 1526 |
| Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2633 |
| Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 17003 |
| File compression | 1260 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 146.1 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 414.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 480.2 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 273.2 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 69.4 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 147.8 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 34.4 Mpixels/sec |
| Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 4129 |
| Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 41154 |
| Integer math | 139.2 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 105.4 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 146M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 57.1M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 29.6 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 536.9 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2211 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 33.6B Matrices/sec |
| Blender CPU | 366.86 |
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 12.2 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 136 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 329.2 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 2.93 PPW |
| [Performance Cores] | — |
| P-Cores | 8 |
| P-Threads | 16 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 3,2 GHz |
| [Efficient Cores] | — |
| E-Cores | 8 |
| E-Threads | 8 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.4 GHz |
| [Total] | — |
| Total Cores | 16 |
| Total Threads | 24 |
| Multiplier | 32x |
| L1 Cache | 64K (per core) |
| L2 Cache | 14MB (shared) |
| Unlocked Multiplier | Yes |
| Integrated Graphics | Intel UHD Graphics 770 |
| GPU Boost Clock | 1550 MHz |
| Shading Units | 256 |
| TMUs | 16 |
| ROPs | 8 |
| Execution Units | 32 |
| iGPU FLOPS | 0.8 TFLOPS |
| Memory Types | - DDR5-4800 - DDR4-3200 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC Support | Yes |
| Vendor | Intel |
| Released | October 27, 2021 |
| Type | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 |
| Codename | Alder Lake |
| Model number | i9-12900K |
| Integrated GPU | UHD Graphics 770 |
| Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| Transistors | — |
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 125 W |
| Socket | LGA-1700 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C |
Apple M5 Max (32-сore GPU)
96/100
