Intel Core i9-12900HX Benchmark, Test and specs
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The Intel Core i9-12900HX 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 BGA 1744 socket and was released in Q2/2022. The Intel Core i9-12900HX scores 1,861 points in the Geekbench 5 single-core benchmark. In the Geekbench 5 multi-core benchmark, the result is 15,474 points.
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| Name: | Intel Core i9-12900HX |
| Family: | Intel Core i9 |
| CPU group: | Intel Core i 12000H |
| Segment: | Mobile |
| Generation: | 12 |
| Predecessor: | -- |
| Successor: | Intel Core i9-13900HX |
CPU Cores and Base Frequency
The Intel Core i9-12900HX has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 24 threads in parallel. The clock frequency of the Intel Core i9-12900HX is 2.30 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: | 16 / 24 |
| Core architecture: | hybrid (big.LITTLE) |
| A-Core: | 8x Golden Cove |
| B-Core: | 8x Gracemont |
| Hyperthreading / SMT: | Yes |
| Overclocking: | Yes |
| A-Core Frequency: | 2.30 GHz (5.00 GHz) |
| B-Core Frequency: | 1.70 GHz (3.60 GHz) |
Internal Graphics
The Intel Core i9-12900HX has integrated graphics, called iGPU for short. Specifically, the Intel Core i9-12900HX 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 |
| 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 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. |
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| Memory type: | DDR4-3200 DDR5-4800 LPDDR4X-4266 LPDDR5-5200 |
| Max. Memory: | 128 GB |
| Memory channels: | 2 (Dual Channel) |
| Bandwidth: | 76.8 GB/s |
| ECC: | No |
| PCIe: | 5.0 x 20 |
| AES-NI: | Yes |
Thermal ManagementThe thermal design power (TDP for short) of the processor is 55 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. |
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| TDP (PL1 / PBP): | 55 W |
| TDP (PL2): | 157 W |
| TDP up: | 86 W |
| TDP down: | 45 W |
| Tjunction max.: | 100 °C |
Technical details
The Intel Core i9-12900HX 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: | BGA 1744 |
| L2-Cache: | 14.00 MB |
| L3-Cache: | 30.00 MB |
| Architecture: | Alder Lake H |
| 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: | Q2/2022 |
| Release price: | 606 $ |
| Part Number: | -- |
| Documents: | Technical data sheet |
16C 24T @ 2.30 GHz (5.00 GHz)
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Benchmark results
The benchmark results for the Intel Core i9-12900HX 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.
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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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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-12600KF
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13500
14C 20T @ 4.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13490F
10C 16T @ 4.80 GHzNot verified |
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AMD Ryzen 5 7600
6C 12T @ 5.10 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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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C 24T @ 2.30 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900HX
16C 24T @ 2.30 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 1950X
16C 32T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2699 v4
22C 44T @ 2.80 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz |
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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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AMD Ryzen 7 7700
8C 16T @ 5.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-12600KF
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-13700HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900H
14C 20T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-11700B
8C 16T @ 5.30 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 Xeon W-3245
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-3245M
16C 32T @ 4.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
12C 24T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900HX
16C 24T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700HL
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-12700H
14C 20T @ 3.80 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper 2950X
16C 32T @ 3.50 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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AMD Ryzen 5 7640U
6C 12T @ 4.90 GHzNot verified |
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Intel Core i7-13700HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-13620H
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-12600KF
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.90 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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Apple M2 Max (30-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Apple M2 Max (38-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Apple M2 Pro (12-CPU 19-GPU)
12C 12T @ 3.50 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900HX
16C 24T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900T
16C 24T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-13700HX
16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX
12C 24T @ 4.30 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 i9-12900HX
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13500E
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13500TE
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.55 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13500T
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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AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
8C 16T @ 5.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12950HX
16C 24T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900F
16C 24T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900HX
16C 24T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Xeon Gold 6142M
16C 32T @ 2.90 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 7 7700
8C 16T @ 4.60 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-3175X
28C 56T @ 3.80 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 i7-12700K
12C 20T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i7-13700HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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AMD Ryzen 9 5950X
16C 32T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900HX
16C 24T @ 5.00 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-12600KF
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-12600K
10C 16T @ 4.90 GHz |
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Intel Core i5-13500
14C 20T @ 4.80 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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Intel Xeon W-2191B
18C 36T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-2195
18C 36T @ 3.40 GHz |
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Intel Xeon E5-2698 v4
20C 40T @ 2.80 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-12900HX
16C 24T @ 2.30 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-9960X
16C 32T @ 4.10 GHz |
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Intel Xeon W-2265
12C 24T @ 4.20 GHz |
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Intel Core i9-7940X
14C 28T @ 3.70 GHz |
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Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 (SC)
473 entries
473 entries
Cinebench R23 (MC)
448 entries
448 entries
Cinebench R20 (SC)
633 entries
633 entries
Cinebench R20 (MC)
580 entries
580 entries
Geekbench 5 (SC)
1,664 entries
1,664 entries
Geekbench 5 (MC)
1,651 entries
1,651 entries
FP32 SP iGPU
1,872 entries
1,872 entries
PassMark CPU-Mark
1,422 entries
1,422 entries
Cinebench R15 (SC)
1,101 entries
1,101 entries
Cinebench R15 (MC)
1,096 entries
1,096 entries
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