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Intel Core i9-12900K vs Intel Atom C3955

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-12900K
Rank 2 - 19 %
Intel Atom C3955
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-12900K
Rank 2 - 28 %
Intel Atom C3955
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i9-12900K
16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz
1,990
Intel Atom C3955
16C / 16T · 2.40 GHz
387
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i9-12900K
16C / 24T · 5.00 GHz
17,595
Intel Atom C3955
16C / 16T · 2.40 GHz
4,896

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At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i9-12900KIntel Atom C3955
FamilyIntel Core i9 (81)Intel Atom (108)
CPU groupIntel Core i 12000 (34)Intel Atom C3000 (20)
ArchitectureAlder Lake SDenverton
Technology10 nm14 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 1700BGA 1310
PredecessorIntel Core i9-11900K
SuccessorIntel Core i9-13900K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i9-12900KIntel Atom C3955
CPU Cores / Threads16 / 2416 / 16
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 8x Golden Cove
3.20 - 5.20 GHz
16x
2.10 - 2.40 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 8x Gracemont
2.40 - 3.90 GHz
L2-Cache14.00 MB16.00 MB
L3-Cache30.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i9-12900KIntel Atom C3955
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 770no iGPU
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.55 GHz
CUs / Shader32 / 256 /
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology10 nm
Release dateQ4/2021

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i9-12900KIntel Atom C3955
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i9-12900KIntel Atom C3955
MemoryDDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
DDR4-2400 (38.4 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB256 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesYes
PCIe5.0 x 203.0 x 16
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s15.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i9-12900KIntel Atom C3955
TDP125 W32 W
TDP (PL2)241 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i9-12900KIntel Atom C3955
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 dateQ4/2021Q3/2017
Release price589 $434 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i9-12900K
Intel Core i9-12900K
16C / 24T · 3.20 - 5.20 GHz
Intel Atom C3955
Intel Atom C3955
16C / 16T · 2.10 - 2.40 GHz

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