Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460

Last updated: 2024-04-03

CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i9-12900H		Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460
CPU comparison Intel Core i9-12900H or Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 - 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 Xeon CPU Max 9460 has 40 cores with 80 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 3.50 GHz. The CPU supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels. The Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 was released in Q1/2023.

Intel Core i9 (78)	Family	Intel Xeon CPU Max (5)
Intel Core i 12000H (23)	CPU group	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9000 (5)
12	Generation	3
Alder Lake H	Architecture	Sapphire Rapids
Mobile	Segment	Desktop / Server
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 Xeon CPU Max 9460 has 40 CPU cores and 80 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 is at 2.20 GHz (3.50 GHz).
Intel Core i9-12900H	Characteristic	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460
14	Cores	40
20	Threads	80
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	normal
Yes	Hyperthreading	Yes
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.50 GHz (5.00 GHz) 6x Golden Cove	A-Core	2.20 GHz (3.50 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 Xeon CPU Max 9460
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Intel Core i9-12900H or Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 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	no iGPU
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	--
1.45 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	--
13	GPU Generation	--
10 nm	Technology
4	Max. displays
96	Compute units	--
768	Shader	--
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
32 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12.1	DirectX Version	--

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	no iGPU
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	No
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	No
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode	Codec VP8	No
Decode	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	No

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 Xeon CPU Max 9460 supports up to 4096 GB of memory in 8 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 307.2 GB/s.
Intel Core i9-12900H	Characteristic	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460
LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	Memory	DDR5-4400, DDR5-4800
64 GB	Max. Memory	4096 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	8 (Octa Channel)
83.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	307.2 GB/s
No	ECC	Yes
11.50 MB	L2 Cache	--
24.00 MB	L3 Cache	97.50 MB
4.0	PCIe version	5.0
28	PCIe lanes	80
55.1 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	315.0 GB/s
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i9-12900H is 45 W, while the Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 has a TDP of 350 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i9-12900H	Characteristic	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460
45 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	350 W
115 W	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Core i9-12900H is manufactured in 10 nm and has 35.50 MB cache. The Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 is manufactured in 10 nm and has a 97.50 MB cache.
Intel Core i9-12900H	Characteristic	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460
10 nm	Technology	10 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	ISA extensions	SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX-512
BGA 1744	Socket	LGA 4677
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, Linux
Q1/2022	Release date	Q1/2023
617 $	Release price	8750 $

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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 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	1917 (100%)
	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 40C 80T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)

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 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	16555 (100%)
	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 40C 80T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	1754 (100%)
	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 40C 80T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)

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 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	12662 (100%)
	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 40C 80T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	2426 (100%)
	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 40C 80T @ 3.50 GHz	0 (0%)

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 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	11894 (100%)
	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 40C 80T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	734 (100%)
	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 40C 80T @ 3.50 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 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	6371 (100%)
	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 40C 80T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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 Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.45 GHz	2223 (100%)
	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 @ 0.00 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 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	251 (100%)
	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 40C 80T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	27130 (100%)
	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 40C 80T @ 2.20 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 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	257 (100%)
	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 40C 80T @ 3.50 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 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	2639 (100%)
	Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460 40C 80T @ 2.20 GHz	0 (0%)

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