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A mid-to-upper-range Intel Core i9 12900KF processor with strong single-core performance (76/100). Suited for everyday productivity.
| Single-Core Performance | 76 /100 |
| Multi-Core Performance | 62 /100 |
| Power Efficiency | 49 /100 |
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| TDP | 125 W |
| Transistor size | 10 nm |
| Cinebench 2024 (Single) | 115 |
| Cinebench 2024 (Multi) | 1463 |
| Geekbench 6 (Single-Core) | 2686 |
| Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core) | 16140 |
| File compression | 1150 MB/sec |
| Clang compilation | 141 Klines/sec |
| HTML 5 Browser | 363.2 pages/sec |
| PDF Renderer | 475.6 Mpixels/sec |
| Text processing | 274.8 pages/sec |
| Background blur | 66.8 images/sec |
| Photo processing | 138.5 images/sec |
| Ray tracing | 33.9 Mpixels/sec |
| Passmark CPU (Single-Core) | 4132 |
| Passmark CPU (Multi-Core) | 40732 |
| Integer math | 138.8 GOps/sec |
| Floating point math | 105.3 GOps/sec |
| Find prime numbers | 140M Primes/sec |
| Random string sorting | 56.9M Strings/sec |
| Data encryption | 29.4 GBytes/sec |
| Data compression | 535.2 MBytes/sec |
| Physics | 2077 Frames/sec |
| Extended instructions | 33.6B Matrices/sec |
| Blender CPU | 365.61 |
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 11.7 PPW |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 129.1 PPW |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 325.9 PPW |
| Blender / Watt | 2.92 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 | — |
| GPU Boost Clock | — |
| Shading Units | — |
| TMUs | — |
| ROPs | — |
| Execution Units | — |
| iGPU FLOPS | — |
| 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 | i9-12900KF |
| Integrated GPU | No |
| Qualcomm Equivalent | — |
| Transistors | — |
| Fabrication Process | 10 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 125 W |
| Socket | LGA-1700 |
| Peak Temperature | 100°C |
Apple M5 Max (32-сore GPU)
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