Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Celeron N5095A

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Intel Core i9-12900H CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Celeron N5095A
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Celeron N5095A

CPU comparison

Intel Core i9-12900H or Intel Celeron N5095A - which processor is faster? In this comparison we look at the differences and analyze which of these two CPUs is better. We compare the technical data and benchmark results.

The Intel Core i9-12900H has 14 cores with 20 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 5.00 GHz. Up to 64 GB of memory is supported in 2 memory channels. The Intel Core i9-12900H was released in Q1/2022.

The Intel Celeron N5095A has 4 cores with 4 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.90 GHz. The CPU supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The Intel Celeron N5095A was released in Q3/2021.
Intel Core i9 (78) Family Intel Celeron (165)
Intel Core i 12000H (23) CPU group Intel Celeron N4000/N5000 (6)
12 Generation 10
Alder Lake H Architecture Jasper Lake
Mobile Segment Mobile
Intel Core i9-11900H Predecessor --
Intel Core i9-13900H Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-12900H has 14 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-12900H is 2.50 GHz (5.00 GHz) while the Intel Celeron N5095A has 4 CPU cores and 4 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Celeron N5095A is at 2.00 GHz (2.90 GHz).

Intel Core i9-12900H Characteristic Intel Celeron N5095A
14 Cores 4
20 Threads 4
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture normal
Yes Hyperthreading No
No Overclocking ? No
2.50 GHz (5.00 GHz)
6x Golden Cove
A-Core 2.00 GHz (2.90 GHz)
1.80 GHz (3.80 GHz)
8x Gracemont
B-Core --

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i9-12900H Characteristic Intel Celeron N5095A
-- AI hardware --
-- AI specifications --

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i9-12900H or Intel Celeron N5095A has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) GPU Intel UHD Graphics 16 EUs (Jasper Lake)
0.40 GHz GPU frequency 0.35 GHz
1.45 GHz GPU (Turbo) 0.75 GHz
13 GPU Generation 11
10 nm Technology 10 nm
4 Max. displays 3
96 Compute units 16
768 Shader 128
No Hardware Raytracing No
No Frame Generation No
32 GB Max. GPU Memory 8 GB
12.1 DirectX Version 12

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) GPU Intel UHD Graphics 16 EUs (Jasper Lake)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VP8 Decode / Encode
Decode Codec AV1 No
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The Intel Core i9-12900H can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 83.2 GB/s. The Intel Celeron N5095A supports up to 16 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 46.9 GB/s.

Intel Core i9-12900H Characteristic Intel Celeron N5095A
LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR4X-2933, DDR4-2933
64 GB Max. Memory 16 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
83.2 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 46.9 GB/s
No ECC No
11.50 MB L2 Cache 1.50 MB
24.00 MB L3 Cache 4.00 MB
4.0 PCIe version 3.0
28 PCIe lanes 8
55.1 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 7.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i9-12900H is 45 W, while the Intel Celeron N5095A has a TDP of 15 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.

Intel Core i9-12900H Characteristic Intel Celeron N5095A
45 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 15 W
115 W TDP (PL2) --
-- TDP up --
-- TDP down --
100 °C Tjunction max. 105 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-12900H is manufactured in 10 nm and has 35.50 MB cache. The Intel Celeron N5095A is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 5.50 MB cache.

Intel Core i9-12900H Characteristic Intel Celeron N5095A
10 nm Technology 10 nm
Monolithic Chip design Monolithic
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2
BGA 1744 Socket BGA 1338
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2022 Release date Q3/2021
617 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 3 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i9-12900H (100%)
Intel Celeron N5095A (30%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 4 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i9-12900H (100%)
Intel Celeron N5095A (14%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
1917 (100%)
Intel Celeron N5095A Intel Celeron N5095A
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
619 (32%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
16555 (100%)
Intel Celeron N5095A Intel Celeron N5095A
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2227 (13%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
1754 (100%)
Intel Celeron N5095A Intel Celeron N5095A
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
667 (38%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
12662 (100%)
Intel Celeron N5095A Intel Celeron N5095A
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
2197 (17%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
2426 (100%)
Intel Celeron N5095A Intel Celeron N5095A
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
490 (20%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
11894 (100%)
Intel Celeron N5095A Intel Celeron N5095A
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
1455 (12%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.45 GHz
2223 (100%)
Intel Celeron N5095A Intel Celeron N5095A
Intel UHD Graphics 16 EUs (Jasper Lake) @ 0.75 GHz
193 (9%)

Estimated results for PassMark CPU Mark

Some of the CPUs listed below have been benchmarked by CPU-monkey. However the majority of CPUs have not been tested and the results have been estimated by a CPU-monkey’s secret proprietary formula. As such they do not accurately reflect the actual Passmark CPU mark values and are not endorsed by PassMark Software Pty Ltd.
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
27130 (100%)
Intel Celeron N5095A Intel Celeron N5095A
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
4155 (15%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
734 (100%)
Intel Celeron N5095A Intel Celeron N5095A
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
6371 (100%)
Intel Celeron N5095A Intel Celeron N5095A
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
251 (100%)
Intel Celeron N5095A Intel Celeron N5095A
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
257 (100%)
Intel Celeron N5095A Intel Celeron N5095A
4C 4T @ 2.90 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R15 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R15 is the successor of Cinebench 11.5 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
2639 (100%)
Intel Celeron N5095A Intel Celeron N5095A
4C 4T @ 2.50 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Celeron N5095A
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