Intel Core i9-12900 Benchmark, Test and specs

Last updated: 2023-03-31

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. The Intel Core i9-12900 scores 1,968 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 15,712 points.

CPU lineage
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Name:	Intel Core i9-12900
Family:	Intel Core i9 (78)
CPU group:	Intel Core i 12000 (34)
Architecture:	Alder Lake S
Segment:	Desktop / Server
Generation:	12
Predecessor:	Intel Core i9-11900
Successor:	Intel Core i9-13900

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-12900 has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-12900 is 2.40 GHz (5.10 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

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)

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

AI hardware:	--
AI specifications:	--

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i9-12900 has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i9-12900 uses the Intel UHD Graphics 770, which has 256 texture shaders and 32 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name:	Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU frequency:	0.30 GHz
GPU (Turbo):	1.55 GHz
Compute units:	32
Shader:	256
Hardware Raytracing:	No
Release date:	Q4/2021

Max. displays:	3
Generation:	11
Direct X:	12
Technology:	10 nm
Max. GPU Memory:	64 GB
Frame Generation:	No

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 type:	Memory bandwidth:
Memory & PCIe The processor can use up to 128 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 76.8 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

DDR5-4800 DDR4-3200	76.8 GB/s 51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory:	128 GB
Memory channels:	2 (Dual Channel)
ECC:	Yes
PCIe:	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth:	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 65 W. The TDP specifies the necessary cooling solution that is required to cool the processor sufficiently. The TDP usually gives a rough idea of the actual power consumption of the CPU.

TDP (PL1 / PBP):	65 W
TDP (PL2):	202 W
TDP up:	--
TDP down:	--
Tjunction max.:	100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-12900 is made in 10 nm. The smaller the manufacturing process of a CPU, the more modern and energy-efficient it is. Overall, the processor has 44.00 MB cache. A large cache can greatly speed up the processor's speed in some cases such as games.

Technology:	10 nm
Chip design:	Monolithic
Socket:	LGA 1700
L2-Cache:	14.00 MB
L3-Cache:	30.00 MB
AES-NI:	Yes
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

Intel Core i9-12900
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.


	AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8C 16T @ 5.40 GHz	2010
	Intel Core i9-12900K 16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz	1997
	Intel Core i9-12900KF 16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz	1997
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	1988
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X 32C 64T @ 5.30 GHz	1988
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	1988
	AMD Ryzen 5 7600X 6C 12T @ 5.30 GHz	1976

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.


	Intel Xeon Gold 6132 14C 28T @ 2.90 GHz	27401
	AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D 12C 24T @ 5.20 GHz	27084
	AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX 12C 24T @ 3.00 GHz	26654
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	26455
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	26455
	Intel Core i7-13700F 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	24770
	Intel Core i7-13700 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	24770

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.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7940H 8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz	1974
	AMD Ryzen 9 7940HS 8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz	1974
	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 7940HS 8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz	1974
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	1968
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	1968
	AMD Ryzen 5 8500G 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	1965
	Intel Core i5-12600 6C 12T @ 4.80 GHz	1958

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.


	Intel Xeon Gold 6154 18C 36T @ 3.20 GHz	15853
	Intel Core i9-10980XE 18C 36T @ 4.30 GHz	15841
	Intel Core i9-9980XE 18C 36T @ 4.00 GHz	15725
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	15712
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	15712
	Intel Core i9-12950HX 16C 24T @ 2.30 GHz	15711
	Intel Xeon Gold 5220R 24C 48T @ 2.40 GHz	15684

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.


	AMD Ryzen 9 7845HX 12C 24T @ 5.20 GHz	2645
	Intel Core i5-13600K 14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz	2639
	Intel Core i5-13600KF 14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz	2639
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	2637
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	2637
	AMD Ryzen 5 7500F 6C 12T @ 5.00 GHz	2631
	Intel Core i9-13900HK 14C 20T @ 5.40 GHz	2629

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.


	Intel Core i9-13900HX 24C 32T @ 4.60 GHz	15722
	AMD EPYC 7642 48C 96T @ 2.80 GHz	15647
	Apple M3 Pro (12-CPU 18-GPU) 12C 12T @ 3.80 GHz	15619
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	15367
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	15367
	Intel Core i5-14600T 14C 20T @ 1.80 GHz	15354
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 3975WX 32C 64T @ 3.75 GHz	15273

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.


	Intel Core i5-13600K 14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz	775
	AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8C 16T @ 5.40 GHz	773
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7970X 32C 64T @ 5.30 GHz	773
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	764
	AMD Ryzen 9 PRO 7945 12C 24T @ 5.40 GHz	764
	AMD Ryzen 9 7900 12C 24T @ 5.40 GHz	764
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	764

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.


	Intel Core i9-12900K 16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz	10511
	Intel Core i9-12900KF 16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz	10511
	AMD Ryzen 9 5950X 16C 32T @ 4.20 GHz	10428
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	10097
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	10097
	AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2970WX 24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz	10008
	Intel Xeon W-3265M 24C 48T @ 3.60 GHz	9723

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.


	Intel Core i5-5575R Intel Iris Pro Graphics 6200 @ 1.05 GHz	806
	Intel Core i5-5257U Intel Iris Graphics 6100 @ 1.05 GHz	806
	Intel Core i5-4570R Intel Iris Pro Graphics 5200 @ 1.25 GHz	800
	Intel Core i9-12900 Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz	794
	Intel Core i5-14500HX Intel UHD Graphics 13th Gen (32 EU) @ 1.55 GHz	794
	Intel Core i5-14600T Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz	794
	Intel Core i5-14500T Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz	794

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.


	Intel Xeon Gold 6238R 28C 56T @ 2.40 GHz	37522
	Intel Xeon Silver 4316 20C 40T @ 2.30 GHz	37289
	Intel Xeon W-3175X 28C 56T @ 3.80 GHz	37183
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	36739
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	36739
	AMD Ryzen 7 7700X 8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz	36536
	Intel Core i9-13900E 24C 32T @ 4.20 GHz	36455

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.


	Intel Core i9-12900K 16C 24T @ 5.20 GHz	294
	Intel Core i5-13600K 14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz	290
	Intel Core i5-13600KF 14C 20T @ 5.10 GHz	290
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	287
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 5.10 GHz	287
	Intel Core i7-12700KF 12C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	286
	Intel Core i7-12700K 12C 20T @ 5.00 GHz	286

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.


	AMD EPYC 7601 32C 64T @ 2.70 GHz	4068
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8168 24C 48T @ 3.00 GHz	4002
	AMD EPYC 7501 32C 64T @ 2.60 GHz	3912
	Intel Core i9-12900 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	3911
	Intel Core i9-12900F 16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz	3911
	AMD Ryzen 9 3950X 16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz	3897
	Intel Xeon Platinum 8176 28C 56T @ 2.50 GHz	3873

Benchmarks

Cinebench R23 (SC)
586 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
565 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,488 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,461 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,755 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,703 entries

Cinebench R20 (SC)
656 entries

Cinebench R20 (MC)
604 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,042 entries

3DMark Timespy (iGPU)
516 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,392 entries

Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,106 entries

Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,101 entries

News and articles for the Intel Core i9-12900

Intel Core i9-13900 benchmark of engineering sample

Posted by Stefan on 2022-06-15

Intels 13th generation of the Intel Core i series (Raptor Lake) is about to be released and a lot of information is already known from the official side. This information includes e.g. the number of CPU cores, the expected increase in performance and the manufacturing technology of the new CPUs.

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