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Intel Core i9-12900K vs Intel Processor N150

Last updated: 2026-06-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-12900K

Rank 2 - 46 %

Intel Processor N150

Multi-core performance

Rank 1 - 100 %

Intel Core i9-12900K

Rank 2 - 13 %

Intel Processor N150

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz

126 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

61 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz

1,582 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

181 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz

1,997 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

920 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 24T · 5.00 GHz

27,472 pts

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

2,566 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

16C / 24T · 5.20 GHz

2,560

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

1,125

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 24T · 5.00 GHz

16,244

4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

2,691

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel UHD Graphics 770

794

Intel Graphics 32 EUs (Alder Lake)

512

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
666 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
615 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
534 entries

Blender 3.1 Benchmark
213 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (SC)
250 entries

CPU-Z Benchmark 17 (MC)
751 entries

V-Ray CPU-Render
251 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,113 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,110 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Wischen	Intel Core i9-12900K	Intel Processor N150
Family	Intel Core i9 (81)	Intel Processor N (9)
CPU group	Intel Core i 12000 (34)	Intel Processor N150/N250 (2)
Architecture	Alder Lake S	Twin Lake
Technology	10 nm	7 nm
Segment	Desktop	Notebook
Socket	LGA 1700	BGA 1264
Predecessor	Intel Core i9-11900K
Successor	Intel Core i9-13900K

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Wischen	Intel Core i9-12900K	Intel Processor N150
CPU Cores / Threads	16 / 24	4 / 4
Hyperthreading / SMT	✓	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)	normal
Core Cluster 1:	8x Golden Cove 3.20 - 5.20 GHz	4x Gracemont 3.60 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	8x Gracemont 2.40 - 3.90 GHz
L2-Cache	14.00 MB	4.00 MB
L3-Cache	30.00 MB	6.00 MB
Overclocking	✓	✗

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Wischen	Intel Core i9-12900K	Intel Processor N150
GPU name	Intel UHD Graphics 770	Intel Graphics 32 EUs (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency	0.30 - 1.55 GHz	0.00 - 1.00 GHz
CUs / Shader	32 / 256	32 / 256
Raytracing	✗	✗
Max. displays	3	3
Max. GPU Memory	64 GB	16 GB
Technology	10 nm	10 nm
Release date	Q4/2021	Q1/2020

NPU AI performance

Wischen	Intel Core i9-12900K	Intel Processor N150
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

Wischen	Intel Core i9-12900K	Intel Processor N150
Memory	DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)	DDR5-4800 (38.4 GB/s) LPDDR5-4800 (38.4 GB/s) DDR4-3200 (25.6 GB/s)
Max. Memory	128 GB	16 GB
Memory channels	2	1
ECC	Yes	No
PCIe	5.0 x 20	3.0 x 9
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s	8.9 GB/s

Thermal Management

Wischen	Intel Core i9-12900K	Intel Processor N150
TDP	125 W	10 W
TDP (PL2)	241 W	25 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.	100 °C	105 °C

Technical details

Wischen	Intel Core i9-12900K	Intel Processor N150
Chip design	Monolithic	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓	✓
Operating systems	Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux	Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX, AVX2
Release date	Q4/2021	Q4/2024
Release price	589 $
Documents	Technical data sheet	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

Your rating

Here you can rate one or both of the processors. The average rating of Intel Core i9-12900K is 4.2 stars (117 ratings), while Intel Processor N150 has received 4.0 stars (298 ratings).

Click on the stars to rate one or both processors.

Intel Core i9-12900K
16C / 24T · 3.20 - 5.20 GHz

★★★★★

Intel Processor N150
4C / 4T · 3.60 GHz

★★★★★