Intel Core i9-12900 Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Intel Core i9-12900 has 16 cores with 24 threads and is based on the 12. gen of the Intel Core i9 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the LGA 1700 socket and was released in Q1/2022.
CPU lineageThe segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i9-12900. Here you can see if it is a desktop processor or a mobile processor or which processor may be the successor of the Intel Core i9-12900. |
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| Name: | Intel Core i9-12900 |
| Family: | Intel Core i9 |
| CPU group: | Intel Core i 12000 |
| Segment: | Desktop / Server |
| Generation: | 12 |
| Predecessor: | Intel Core i9-11900 |
| Successor: | -- |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
In addition to the number of CPU cores and threads, you can see here whether the Intel Core i9-12900 can be overclocked. You will also find the clock frequencies of the processor (single-core and multi-core) here. The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor.
| CPU Cores / Threads: | 16 / 24 |
| Core architecture: | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| A-Core: | 8x Golden Cove |
| B-Core: | 8x Gracemont |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | Yes |
| Overclocking: | No |
| A-Core Frequency: | 2.40 GHz (5.10 GHz) |
| B-Core Frequency: | 1.80 GHz (3.80 GHz) |
Internal Graphics
The Intel Core i9-12900 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. A processor with integrated graphics is also called APU (Accelerated Processing Unit).
| GPU name: | Intel UHD Graphics 770 |
| GPU frequency: | 0.30 GHz |
| GPU (Turbo): | 1.55 GHz |
| Execution units: | 32 |
| Shader: | 256 |
| Max. GPU Memory: | 64 GB |
| Max. displays: | 3 |
| Generation: | 11 |
| Direct X: | 12 |
| Technology: | 10 nm |
| Release date: | Q4/2021 |
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.
| h265 / HEVC (8 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h265 / HEVC (10 bit): | Decode / Encode |
| h264: | Decode / Encode |
| VP8: | Decode / Encode |
| VP9: | Decode / Encode |
| AV1: | Decode |
| AVC: | Decode / Encode |
| VC-1: | Decode |
| JPEG: | Decode / Encode |
Memory & PCIeThe memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the processor. The memory bandwidth depends on several factors and is given in gigabytes per second. |
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| Memory type: | DDR4-3200 DDR5-4800 |
| Max. Memory: | 128 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC: | Yes |
| PCIe: | 5.0 x 20 |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
Thermal ManagementThe Thermal Design Power (TDP for short) specifies the necessary cooling solution to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually only gives a rough idea of the real consumption of a CPU. |
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| TDP (PL1): | 65 W |
| TDP (PL2): | 202 W |
| TDP up: | -- |
| TDP down: | -- |
| Tjunction max.: | 100 °C |
Technical details
Here you will find information on the size of the level 2 and level 3 cache of the Intel Core i9-12900 as well as a list of the processors ISA extensions. We have documented the architecture and the manufacturing technology for you as well as the release date.
| Technology: | 10 nm |
| Chip design: | Monolithic |
| Socket: | LGA 1700 |
| L2-Cache: | 14.00 MB |
| L3-Cache: | 30.00 MB |
| Architecture: | Alder Lake S |
| Operating systems: | Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux |
| Virtualization: | VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d |
| Instruction set (ISA): | x86-64 (64 bit) |
| ISA extensions: | SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ |
| Release date: | Q1/2022 |
| Release price: | 489 $ |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | Technical data sheet |
16C 24T @ 2.40 GHz (5.10 GHz)
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i9-12900 have been carefully checked by us. We only publish benchmark results that have been created by us or that have been submitted by a visitor and then checked by a team member. All results are based on and fullfill our benchmark guidelines.
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.
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
8C 16T @ 5.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900K
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KF
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900
16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900F
16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C 12T @ 5.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700KF
12C 20T @ 5.00 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i9-12900K
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KF
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Gold 6132
14C 28T @ 2.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900
16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900F
16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-13700F
16C 24T @ 5.10 GHzNot verified |
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Intel Core i7-13700
16C 24T @ 5.10 GHzNot verified |
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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.
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Intel Core i5-13600K
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
8C 16T @ 5.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900
16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900F
16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
6C 12T @ 5.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700KF
12C 20T @ 5.00 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i9-12900K
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KF
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900
16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900F
16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-3265M
24C 48T @ 3.60 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i7-13700
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHzNot verified |
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Intel Core i9-12900K
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900KF
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900
16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900F
16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-12600
6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i5-13600K
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-10980XE
18C 36T @ 4.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-9980XE
18C 36T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900
16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900F
16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C 24T @ 2.30 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3955WX
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i5-5575R
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 @ 1.05 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-5257U
Intel Iris Graphics 6100 @ 1.05 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-4570R
Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.25 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12950HX
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900HX
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900TE
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i5-13600K
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8160M
24C 48T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900
16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-3275
28C 56T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-3275M
28C 56T @ 3.40 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz |
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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.|
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Intel Core i9-12900K
16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13600K
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13600KF
14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900
16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900F
16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700KF
12C 20T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700K
12C 20T @ 5.00 GHz |
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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.
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AMD EPYC 7601
32C 64T @ 2.70 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8168
24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz |
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AMD EPYC 7501
32C 64T @ 2.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900
16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900F
16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 3950X
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Platinum 8176
28C 56T @ 2.50 GHz |
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