Intel Core i9-12900HK vs MediaTek Helio P25 Benchmark, comparison and differences


Intel Core i9-12900HK		MediaTek Helio P25
CPU comparison Intel Core i9-12900HK or MediaTek Helio P25 - 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 i9-12900HK 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 i9-12900HK was released in Q1/2022. The MediaTek Helio P25 has 8 cores with 8 threads and clocks with a maximum frequency of 2.60 GHz. The CPU supports up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The MediaTek Helio P25 was released in Q2/2017.

Intel Core i9 (78)	Family	Mediatek Helio (37)
Intel Core i 12000H (23)	CPU group	MediaTek Helio P20/P30 (4)
12	Generation	2
Alder Lake H	Architecture	Cortex-A53
Mobile	Segment	Mobile
--	Predecessor	--
Intel Core i9-13900HK	Successor	--

CPU Cores and Base Frequency The Intel Core i9-12900HK has 14 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-12900HK is 2.50 GHz (5.00 GHz) while the MediaTek Helio P25 has 8 CPU cores and 8 threads can calculate simultaneously. The clock frequency of the MediaTek Helio P25 is at 2.60 GHz.
Intel Core i9-12900HK	Characteristic	MediaTek Helio P25
14	Cores	8
20	Threads	8
hybrid (big.LITTLE)	Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes	Hyperthreading	No
No	Overclocking ?	No
2.50 GHz (5.00 GHz) 6x Golden Cove	A-Core	2.60 GHz 4x Cortex-A53
1.80 GHz (3.80 GHz) 8x Gracemont	B-Core	1.60 GHz 4x Cortex-A53
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 i9-12900HK	Characteristic	MediaTek Helio P25
--	AI hardware	--
--	AI specifications	--

Internal Graphics The Intel Core i9-12900HK or MediaTek Helio P25 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	ARM Mali-T880 MP2
0.40 GHz	GPU frequency	1.00 GHz
1.45 GHz	GPU (Turbo)	1.00 GHz
13	GPU Generation	Midgard 4
10 nm	Technology	16 nm
4	Max. displays	2
96	Compute units	2
768	Shader	32
No	Hardware Raytracing	No
No	Frame Generation	No
32 GB	Max. GPU Memory	--
12.1	DirectX Version	11

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	ARM Mali-T880 MP2
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit)	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit)	Decode
Decode / Encode	Codec h264	Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode	Codec VP9	No
Decode	Codec VP8	Decode / Encode
Decode	Codec AV1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec AVC	No
Decode	Codec VC-1	No
Decode / Encode	Codec JPEG	Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe The Intel Core i9-12900HK can use up to 64 GB of memory in 2 memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 83.2 GB/s. The MediaTek Helio P25 supports up to 6 GB of memory in 2 memory channels and achieves a memory bandwidth of up to 12.8 GB/s.
Intel Core i9-12900HK	Characteristic	MediaTek Helio P25
LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4X-4266, DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	Memory	LPDDR4X-1600, LPDDR4-1600, LPDDR3-933
64 GB	Max. Memory	6 GB
2 (Dual Channel)	Memory channels	2 (Dual Channel)
83.2 GB/s	Max. Bandwidth	12.8 GB/s
No	ECC	No
11.50 MB	L2 Cache	--
24.00 MB	L3 Cache	--
4.0	PCIe version	--
28	PCIe lanes	--
55.1 GB/s	PCIe Bandwidth	--
Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the Intel Core i9-12900HK is 45 W, while the MediaTek Helio P25 has a TDP of --. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently.
Intel Core i9-12900HK	Characteristic	MediaTek Helio P25
45 W	TDP (PL1 / PBP)	--
115 W	TDP (PL2)	--
--	TDP up	--
--	TDP down	--
100 °C	Tjunction max.	--
Technical details The Intel Core i9-12900HK is manufactured in 10 nm and has 35.50 MB cache. The MediaTek Helio P25 is manufactured in 16 nm and has a 0.00 MB cache.
Intel Core i9-12900HK	Characteristic	MediaTek Helio P25
10 nm	Technology	16 nm
Monolithic	Chip design	Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit)	Instruction set (ISA)	Armv8-A (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	ISA extensions	--
BGA 1744	Socket	--
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d	Virtualization	None
Yes	AES-NI	No
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Operating systems	Android
Q1/2022	Release date	Q2/2017
635 $	Release price	--

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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 1 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i9-12900HK (100%)

MediaTek Helio P25 (10%)

⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks

Intel Core i9-12900HK (100%)

MediaTek Helio P25 (7%)

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 i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	1754 (100%)
	MediaTek Helio P25 8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	180 (10%)

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 i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	12662 (100%)
	MediaTek Helio P25 8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	867 (7%)

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 i9-12900HK Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.45 GHz	2223 (100%)
	MediaTek Helio P25 ARM Mali-T880 MP2 @ 1.00 GHz	68 (3%)

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 i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	28632 (100%)
	MediaTek Helio P25 8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	1659 (6%)

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 i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	1938 (100%)
	MediaTek Helio P25 8C 8T @ 2.60 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 i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	18197 (100%)
	MediaTek Helio P25 8C 8T @ 2.60 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 i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	2426 (100%)
	MediaTek Helio P25 8C 8T @ 2.60 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 i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	11894 (100%)
	MediaTek Helio P25 8C 8T @ 2.60 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 i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	710 (100%)
	MediaTek Helio P25 8C 8T @ 2.60 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 i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	6892 (100%)
	MediaTek Helio P25 8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	0 (0%)

AnTuTu 8 Benchmark

The AnTuTu 8 Benchmark measures the performance of a SoC. AnTuTu benchmarks the CPU, GPU, Memory as well as the UX (User Experience) by simulating browser and app usage. AnTuTu can benchmark any ARM CPU that runs under Android or iOS. Devices may not be directly compareable if the benchmark has been performed under different operating systems.

In the AnTuTu 8 benchmark, the single-core performance of a processor is only slightly weighted. The evaluation consists of the multi-core performance of the processor, the speed of the RAM and the performance of the internal graphics.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 2.50 GHz	0 (0%)
	MediaTek Helio P25 8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	101368 (100%)

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 i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	260 (100%)
	MediaTek Helio P25 8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	0 (0%)

Blender 2.81 (bmw27)

Blender is a free 3D graphics software for rendering (creating) 3D bodies, which can also be textured and animated in the software. The Blender benchmark creates predefined scenes and measures the time (s) required for the entire scene. The shorter the time required, the better. We selected bmw27 as the benchmark scene.


	Intel Core i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	182 (100%)
	MediaTek Helio P25 8C 8T @ 2.60 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 i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	257 (100%)
	MediaTek Helio P25 8C 8T @ 2.60 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 i9-12900HK 14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz	2639 (100%)
	MediaTek Helio P25 8C 8T @ 2.60 GHz	0 (0%)

Devices using this processor
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Intel Core i9-12900HK vs MediaTek Helio P25

CPU comparison with benchmarks

CPU comparison

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Internal Graphics

Hardware codec support

Memory & PCIe

Thermal Management

Technical details