Product Compare

Intel Core i3 4170 vs Intel Core i9 12900KS

	CPU Intel Core i3 4170	CPU Intel Core i9 12900KS
General Parameters
Release Date	Mar 2015	Apr 2022
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Haswell	Alder Lake-S
Processor Number	i3-4170	i9-12900KS
Integrated Graphics	HD Graphics 4400	UHD Graphics 770
Package
Manufacturing Process	22 nm	10 nm
Socket	LGA-1150	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	54 W	150 W
Peak Operating Temperature		100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	2	8
Performance Core Threads	4
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.7 GHz	3.4 GHz
Total Core Count	2	16
Total Thread Count	4	24
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
L1 Cache	64 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	14 MB shared
L3 Cache	3 MB shared	30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
Performance Core Turbo Frequency		5.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores		8
Multiplier		34x
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR3-1600, DDR3L-1600	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	32 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	25.6 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1150 MHz	1550 MHz
GPU Base Frequency		300 MHz
Shader Units		256
Texture Units		16
Raster Operation Units		8
Execution Units		32
Power Consumption		15 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	3.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	16	20
Extended Instruction Set	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	887	2082
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	1935	27796
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1001	2559
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	1938	15546
Passmark CPU Single Core	2056	4357
Passmark CPU Multi Core	3555	44470