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Intel Core i9-12950HX vs Intel Celeron 3205U

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-12950HX
Rank 2 - 15 %
Intel Celeron 3205U
Multi-core performance
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-12950HX
Rank 2 - 3 %
Intel Celeron 3205U
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C / 24T · 5.00 GHz
2,349
Intel Celeron 3205U
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
287
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C / 24T · 2.30 GHz
13,649
Intel Celeron 3205U
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
480
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C / 24T · 5.00 GHz
1,861
Intel Celeron 3205U
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
320
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C / 24T · 2.30 GHz
15,711
Intel Celeron 3205U
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz
621
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i9-12950HX
Intel UHD Graphics 770
794
Intel Celeron 3205U
Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1)
154

More benchmarks

At a glance

Wischen
Intel Core i9-12950HXIntel Celeron 3205U
FamilyIntel Core i9 (81)Intel Celeron (165)
CPU groupIntel Core i 12000H (23)Intel Celeron 3000 (10)
ArchitectureAlder Lake HKaby Lake U
Technology10 nm14 nm
SegmentNotebookNotebook
SocketLGA 1700BGA 1168
Predecessor
SuccessorIntel Core i9-13950HX

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Core i9-12950HXIntel Celeron 3205U
CPU Cores / Threads16 / 242 / 2
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)normal
Core Cluster 1: 8x Golden Cove
2.30 - 5.00 GHz
2x
1.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 8x Gracemont
1.70 - 3.60 GHz
L2-Cache14.00 MB
L3-Cache30.00 MB2.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Core i9-12950HXIntel Celeron 3205U
GPU nameIntel UHD Graphics 770Intel HD Graphics (Broadwell GT1)
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.55 GHz0.10 - 0.80 GHz
CUs / Shader32 / 25612 / 96
Raytracing
Max. displays33
Max. GPU Memory64 GB2 GB
Technology10 nm14 nm
Release dateQ4/2021Q1/2015

NPU AI performance

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Intel Core i9-12950HXIntel Celeron 3205U
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Core i9-12950HXIntel Celeron 3205U
MemoryLPDDR5-5200 (83.2 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
LPDDR4X-4266 (68.2 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
DDR3L-1600 (25.6 GB/s)
LPDDR3-1600 (12.8 GB/s)
Max. Memory128 GB16 GB
Memory channels22
ECCYesNo
PCIe5.0 x 202.0 x 12
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s6.0 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Core i9-12950HXIntel Celeron 3205U
TDP55 W15 W
TDP (PL2)157 W
TDP up
TDP down45 W10 W
T. junction max.100 °C105 °C

Technical details

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Intel Core i9-12950HXIntel Celeron 3205U
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 dateQ2/2022Q1/2015
Release price590 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Core i9-12950HX
Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C / 24T · 2.30 - 5.00 GHz
Intel Celeron 3205U
Intel Celeron 3205U
2C / 2T · 1.50 GHz

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