Intel Core i9-12900H Benchmark, Test and specs

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The Intel Core i9-12900H has 14 cores with 20 threads and is based on the 12. gen of the Intel Core i9 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 1744 socket and was released in Q1/2022. The Intel Core i9-12900H scores 1,754 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 12,662 points.
Intel Core i9-12900H

CPU lineage

The segment in which we have classified the Intel Core i9-12900H. 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 i9-12900H.

Name: Intel Core i9-12900H
Family: Intel Core i9 (78)
CPU group: Intel Core i 12000H (23)
Architecture: Alder Lake H
Segment: Mobile
Generation: 12
Predecessor: Intel Core i9-11900H
Successor: Intel Core i9-13900H

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-12900H has 14 CPU cores and can calculate 20 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-12900H is 2.50 GHz (5.00 GHz). The number of CPU cores greatly affects the speed of the processor and is an important performance indicator.

CPU Cores / Threads: 14 / 20
Core architecture: hybrid (big.LITTLE)
A-Core: 6x Golden Cove
B-Core: 8x Gracemont
Hyperthreading / SMT: Yes
Overclocking: No
A-Core Frequency: 2.50 GHz (5.00 GHz)
B-Core Frequency: 1.80 GHz (3.80 GHz)

Internal Graphics

The Intel Core i9-12900H has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i9-12900H uses the Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake), which has 768 texture shaders and 96 execution units. The iGPU uses the system's main memory as graphics memory and sits on the processor's die.

GPU name: Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
GPU frequency: 0.40 GHz
GPU (Turbo): 1.45 GHz
Compute units: 96
Shader: 768
Hardware Raytracing: No
Release date: Q1/2022
Max. displays: 4
Generation: 13
Direct X: 12.1
Technology: 10 nm
Max. GPU Memory: 32 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
VP9: Decode / Encode
AV1: Decode
AVC: Decode / Encode
VC-1: Decode
JPEG: Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

The processor can use up to 64 GB memory in 2 (Dual Channel) memory channels. The maximum memory bandwidth is 83.2 GB/s. The memory type as well as the amount of memory can greatly affect the speed of the system.

Memory type: Memory bandwidth:
LPDDR5-5200
LPDDR4X-4266
DDR5-4800
DDR4-3200
83.2 GB/s
68.2 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
51.2 GB/s
Max. Memory: 64 GB
Memory channels: 2 (Dual Channel)
ECC: No
PCIe: 4.0 x 28
PCIe Bandwidth: 55.1 GB/s

Thermal Management

The thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 45 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): 45 W
TDP (PL2): 115 W
TDP up: --
TDP down: --
Tjunction max.: 100 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-12900H 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 35.50 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: BGA 1744
L2-Cache: 11.50 MB
L3-Cache: 24.00 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: 617 $
Part Number: --
Documents: Technical data sheet

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Benchmark results

Verified Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i9-12900H 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.
Intel Core i9-12950HX Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz
1927
Intel Core i5-12600K Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
1918
Intel Core i5-12600KF Intel Core i5-12600KF
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
1918
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
1917
Intel Core i9-12900HX Intel Core i9-12900HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz
1902
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 7980X
64C 128T @ 5.10 GHz
1897
Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C 11T @ 4.06 GHz
1889

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 Core i9-10850K Intel Core i9-10850K
10C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
16820
Intel Core i7-12700HL Intel Core i7-12700HL
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
16745
Intel Core i5-13490F Intel Core i5-13490F
10C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
16572
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
16555
AMD Ryzen 9 3900 AMD Ryzen 9 3900
12C 24T @ 3.10 GHz
16555
Intel Core i9-11900KF Intel Core i9-11900KF
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
16211
Intel Core i9-11900K Intel Core i9-11900K
8C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
16211

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.
Intel Core i5-14450HX Intel Core i5-14450HX
10C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
1758
Intel Xeon W-11955M Intel Xeon W-11955M
8C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1758
Intel Core i7-1360P Intel Core i7-1360P
12C 16T @ 5.00 GHz
1756
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
1754
Intel Core i9-12900HK Intel Core i9-12900HK
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
1754
Intel Core i7-12800HE Intel Core i7-12800HE
14C 20T @ 4.60 GHz
1753
Intel Core Ultra 7 155H Intel Core Ultra 7 155H
16C 22T @ 4.80 GHz
1746

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 Core i9-10920X Intel Core i9-10920X
12C 24T @ 4.40 GHz
12703
Apple M1 Max (24-GPU) Apple M1 Max (24-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
12693
Apple M1 Max (32-GPU) Apple M1 Max (32-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
12693
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
12662
Intel Core i9-12900HK Intel Core i9-12900HK
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
12662
Intel Xeon Gold 6130T Intel Xeon Gold 6130T
16C 32T @ 2.60 GHz
12633
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU) Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU)
10C 10T @ 3.20 GHz
12574

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 7 7840U AMD Ryzen 7 7840U
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
2446
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme
8C 16T @ 5.10 GHz
2446
Intel Core i5-14450HX Intel Core i5-14450HX
10C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
2438
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
2426
Intel Core i9-12900HK Intel Core i9-12900HK
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
2426
Intel Core i9-12900HX Intel Core i9-12900HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz
2425
Intel Core i5-13490F Intel Core i5-13490F
10C 16T @ 4.80 GHz
2414

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 i5-12600K Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
11991
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 AMD Ryzen 5 7600
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
11967
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645 AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 7645
6C 12T @ 4.50 GHz
11967
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
11894
Intel Core i9-12900HK Intel Core i9-12900HK
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
11894
Intel Core i5-13450HX Intel Core i5-13450HX
10C 16T @ 4.00 GHz
11891
Apple M3 (8-GPU) Apple M3 (8-GPU)
8C 8T @ 4.06 GHz
11863

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 i5-12600K Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
741
Intel Core i5-12600KF Intel Core i5-12600KF
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz
741
Intel Core i9-12900HX Intel Core i9-12900HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz
736
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
734
Intel Core i7-13700HX Intel Core i7-13700HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz
734
Intel Core i7-11700B Intel Core i7-11700B
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
732
Intel Core i5-13500 Intel Core i5-13500
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
723

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 i9-10900K Intel Core i9-10900K
10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz
6419
Intel Core i9-10900KF Intel Core i9-10900KF
10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz
6419
Intel Core i9-10900 Intel Core i9-10900
10C 20T @ 4.60 GHz
6378
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
6371
Intel Xeon Gold 6148 Intel Xeon Gold 6148
20C 40T @ 3.00 GHz
6342
Intel Core i9-10850K Intel Core i9-10850K
10C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
6318
Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU) Apple M3 Max (16-CPU 40-GPU)
16C 16T @ 3.60 GHz
6311

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 i9-13900H Intel Core i9-13900H
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.50 GHz
2230
Intel Core i9-13900HK Intel Core i9-13900HK
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.50 GHz
2230
Intel Core i9-13905H Intel Core i9-13905H
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.50 GHz
2230
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.45 GHz
2223
Intel Core i7-1280P Intel Core i7-1280P
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.45 GHz
2223
Intel Core i9-12900HK Intel Core i9-12900HK
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake) @ 1.45 GHz
2223
AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750GE AMD Ryzen 7 PRO 4750GE
AMD Radeon RX Vega 8 (Renoir) @ 2.10 GHz
2150

Blender 3.1 Benchmark

In the Blender Benchmark 3.1, the scenes "monster", "junkshop" and "classroom" are rendered and the time required by the system is measured. In our benchmark we test the CPU and not the graphics card. Blender 3.1 was presented as a standalone version in March 2022.
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
16C 32T @ 3.50 GHz
272
AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C 32T @ 3.50 GHz
271
Intel Core i9-12900HK Intel Core i9-12900HK
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
260
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
251
Intel Core i5-12600KF Intel Core i5-12600KF
10C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
249
Intel Core i5-12600K Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.50 GHz
249
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
8C 16T @ 4.20 GHz
246

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.
AMD EPYC 72F3 AMD EPYC 72F3
8C 16T @ 3.90 GHz
27253
Intel Xeon Gold 6252 Intel Xeon Gold 6252
24C 48T @ 2.70 GHz
27157
Intel Core i5-13600T Intel Core i5-13600T
14C 20T @ 3.60 GHz
27145
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
27130
Intel Xeon Gold 6226R Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
16C 32T @ 3.60 GHz
27099
Intel Xeon Gold 6208U Intel Xeon Gold 6208U
16C 32T @ 2.60 GHz
27092
Intel Core i7-13620H Intel Core i7-13620H
10C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
27060

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 i7-12700 Intel Core i7-12700
12C 20T @ 4.90 GHz
259
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X AMD Ryzen 5 5600X
6C 12T @ 4.60 GHz
258
Intel Xeon w9-3495X Intel Xeon w9-3495X
56C 112T @ 4.80 GHz
258
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
257
Intel Core i9-12900HK Intel Core i9-12900HK
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz
257
Intel Core i9-11900KB Intel Core i9-11900KB
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz
256
Intel Core i5-13400F Intel Core i5-13400F
10C 16T @ 4.60 GHz
253

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.
Intel Core i9-10900K Intel Core i9-10900K
10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz
2668
Intel Core i9-10900KF Intel Core i9-10900KF
10C 20T @ 4.90 GHz
2668
Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4 Intel Xeon E5-2697 v4
18C 36T @ 2.80 GHz
2658
Intel Core i9-12900H Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
2639
Intel Core i9-12900HK Intel Core i9-12900HK
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz
2639
Intel Core i9-10850K Intel Core i9-10850K
10C 20T @ 4.80 GHz
2616
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
8C 16T @ 4.40 GHz
2611

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