Product Compare

Intel Core i9 12900 vs Intel Core i5 11500

	CPU Intel Core i9 12900	CPU Intel Core i5 11500
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2022	Mar 2021
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Core Architecture	Alder Lake-S	Rocket Lake
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 770	UHD Graphics 750
Generation	Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)
Instruction Set		x86-64
Processor Number		i5-11500
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	14 nm
Socket	Intel Socket 1700	LGA-1200
Power Consumption	65 W	65 W
Peak Operating Temperature	72 °C	100 °C
Foundry	Intel
Die Size	215 mm²
Package	FC-LGA16A
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	6
Performance Core Threads	16	12
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.4 GHz	2.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.1 GHz	4.6 GHz
Efficiency Cores	8
Efficiency Core Threads	8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	1800 MHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.8 GHz
Total Core Count	16	6
Total Thread Count	24	12
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	24.0	27x
L1 Cache	80 KB per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	1.25 MB per core	512 K per core
L3 Cache	30 MB shared	12 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
SMP	1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800	DDR4-3200
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	50 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Max Memory Size		128 GB
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version	5	4.0
PCIe Lanes	20	20
Official Website		Official Link ↗
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics		true
GPU Base Frequency		300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency		1300 MHz
Shader Units		256
Texture Units		64
Raster Operation Units		32
Execution Units		32
Power Consumption		15 W
Max Resolution		3840x2160 - 60 Hz
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1988	1480
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	26454	9787
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2727	2064
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	13396	8564
Blender	183	177