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Intel Pentium E2160 vs Intel Core i9-12900

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Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 2 - 13 %
Intel Pentium E2160
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-12900
Multi-core performance
Rank 2 - 2 %
Intel Pentium E2160
Rank 1 - 100 %
Intel Core i9-12900
Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core

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

Intel Pentium E2160
2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz
254
Intel Core i9-12900
16C / 24T · 5.10 GHz
1,968
Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core

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

Intel Pentium E2160
2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz
458
Intel Core i9-12900
16C / 24T · 4.20 GHz
15,712

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At a glance

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Intel Pentium E2160Intel Core i9-12900
FamilyIntel Pentium (150)Intel Core i9 (81)
CPU groupIntel Pentium D (6)Intel Core i 12000 (34)
ArchitecturePreslerAlder Lake S
Technology65 nm10 nm
SegmentDesktopDesktop
SocketLGA 775LGA 1700
PredecessorIntel Core i9-11900
SuccessorIntel Core i9-13900

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

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Intel Pentium E2160Intel Core i9-12900
CPU Cores / Threads2 / 216 / 24
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturenormalhybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 2x Core
1.80 GHz
8x Golden Cove
2.40 - 5.10 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 8x Gracemont
1.80 - 3.80 GHz
L2-Cache1.00 MB14.00 MB
L3-Cache30.00 MB
Overclocking

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

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Intel Pentium E2160Intel Core i9-12900
GPU nameno iGPUIntel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency0.30 - 1.55 GHz
CUs / Shader / 32 / 256
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory64 GB
Technology10 nm
Release dateQ4/2021

NPU AI performance

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Intel Pentium E2160Intel Core i9-12900
AI hardware
AI specifications
NPU + CPU + iGPU

Memory & PCIe

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Intel Pentium E2160Intel Core i9-12900
MemoryDDR3-1066 (17.1 GB/s)
DDR2-800 (12.8 GB/s)
DDR5-4800 (76.8 GB/s)
DDR4-3200 (51.2 GB/s)
Max. Memory16 GB128 GB
Memory channels22
ECCNoYes
PCIe5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

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Intel Pentium E2160Intel Core i9-12900
TDP65 W65 W
TDP (PL2)202 W
TDP up
TDP down
T. junction max.100 °C

Technical details

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Intel Pentium E2160Intel Core i9-12900
Chip designMonolithicMonolithic
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 10, LinuxWindows 10, Windows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
Release dateQ2/2007Q1/2022
Release price489 $
DocumentsTechnical data sheetTechnical data sheet

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Intel Pentium E2160
Intel Pentium E2160
2C / 2T · 1.80 GHz
Intel Core i9-12900
Intel Core i9-12900
16C / 24T · 2.40 - 5.10 GHz

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