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Intel Core i9-12900 vs Intel Core i5-670

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-12900
Rank 2 - 32 %
Intel Core i5-670
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-12900
Rank 2 - 8 %
Intel Core i5-670
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i9-12900
16C / 24T · 5.10 GHz
1,968
Intel Core i5-670
2C / 4T · 3.73 GHz
638
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i9-12900
16C / 24T · 4.20 GHz
15,712
Intel Core i5-670
2C / 4T · 3.46 GHz
1,368
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i9-12900
Intel UHD Graphics 770
794
Intel Core i5-670
Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
35

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At a glance

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Intel Core i9-12900Intel Core i5-670
FamilyIntel Core i9 (81)Intel Core i5 (336)
CPU groupIntel Core i 12000 (34)Intel Core i5 600 (6)
ArchitectureAlder Lake SClarkdale
Technology10 nm32 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1700LGA 1156
PredecessorIntel Core i9-11900
SuccessorIntel Core i9-13900

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i9-12900Intel Core i5-670
CPU Cores / Threads16 / 242 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 8x Golden Cove
2.40 - 5.10 GHz
2x
3.46 - 3.73 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 8x Gracemont
1.80 - 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache14.00 MB0.50 MB
L3-Cache30.00 MB4.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i9-12900Intel Core i5-670
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 770Intel HD Graphics (Westmere)
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.55 GHz0.50 - 0.73 GHz
CUs / Shader32 / 25612 / 24
Raytracing
Max. displays32
Max. GPU Memory64 GB2 GB
Technology10 nm32 nm
Release dateQ4/2021Q1/2010

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i9-12900Intel Core i5-670
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i9-12900Intel Core i5-670
MemoryDDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
DDR3-1333 (21.3 GB/s)
DDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe5.0 x 202.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s8.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i9-12900Intel Core i5-670
TDP65 W73 W
TDP (PL2)202 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i9-12900Intel Core i5-670
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, Windows 11, LinuxWindows 10, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+SSE4.1, SSE4.2
Release dateQ1/2022Q1/2010
Release price489 $305 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i9-12900
Intel Core i9-12900
16C / 24T · 2.40 - 5.10 GHz
Intel Core i5-670
Intel Core i5-670
2C / 4T · 3.46 - 3.73 GHz

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