Product Compare

Intel Core i7 6700 vs Intel Core i9 12900KS

	CPU Intel Core i7 6700	CPU Intel Core i9 12900KS
General Parameters
Release Date	Sep 2015	Apr 2022
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Skylake	Alder Lake-S
Processor Number	i7-6700	i9-12900KS
Integrated Graphics	HD Graphics 530	UHD Graphics 770
Package
Manufacturing Process	14 nm	10 nm
Socket	LGA-1151	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	65 W	150 W
Peak Operating Temperature		100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	8
Performance Core Threads	8
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.4 GHz	3.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4 GHz	5.5 GHz
Total Core Count	4	16
Total Thread Count	8	24
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	34	34x
L1 Cache	64 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	256 K per core	14 MB shared
L3 Cache	8 MB shared	30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
Efficiency Cores		8
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-2133,DDR3L-1600	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	64 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	34.1 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	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	1063	2082
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	4841	27796
Geekbench 6 Single Core	1388	2559
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	4622	15546
Passmark CPU Single Core	2288	4357
Passmark CPU Multi Core	8087	44470