Product Compare

Intel Core i9 12900 vs Intel Core i9 12900KS

	CPU Intel Core i9 12900	CPU Intel Core i9 12900KS
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2022	Apr 2022
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Core Architecture	Alder Lake-S	Alder Lake-S
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 770	UHD Graphics 770
Generation	Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)
Instruction Set		x86-64
Processor Number		i9-12900KS
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	10 nm
Socket	Intel Socket 1700	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	65 W	150 W
Peak Operating Temperature	72 °C	100 °C
Foundry	Intel
Die Size	215 mm²
Package	FC-LGA16A
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	8
Performance Core Threads	16
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.4 GHz	3.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.1 GHz	5.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores	8	8
Efficiency Core Threads	8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	1800 MHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.8 GHz
Total Core Count	16	16
Total Thread Count	24	24
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	24.0	34x
L1 Cache	80 KB per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	1.25 MB per core	14 MB shared
L3 Cache	30 MB shared	30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	Yes
SMP	1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Max Memory Size		128 GB
Miscellaneous
PCIe Version	5	5.0
PCIe Lanes	20	20
Official Website		Official Link ↗
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics		true
GPU Base Frequency		300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency		1550 MHz
Shader Units		256
Texture Units		16
Raster Operation Units		8
Execution Units		32
Power Consumption		15 W
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1988	2082
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	26454	27796
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2727	2559
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	13396	15546