Product Compare

Intel Core i9 12900H vs Intel Core i5 8279U

	CPU Intel Core i9 12900H	CPU Intel Core i5 8279U
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2022	May 2019
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Coffee Lake
Processor Number	i9-12900H	i5-8279U
Integrated Graphics	Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)	Iris Plus Graphics 655
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	14 nm
Socket	BGA-1744	BGA-1528
Power Consumption	35-45 W	28 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	115 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6	4
Performance Core Threads	12	8
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.5 GHz	2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5 GHz	4.1 GHz
Efficiency Cores	8
Efficiency Core Threads	8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	1.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.8 GHz
Total Core Count	14	4
Total Thread Count	20	8
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	25x	24x
L1 Cache	80 K per core	32 K per core
L2 Cache	1280 K per core	256 K per core
L3 Cache	24 MB shared	6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max Memory Size	64 GB	32 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	37.5 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1450 MHz	1150 MHz
Shader Units	768	384
Texture Units	48	48
Raster Operation Units	24	6
Execution Units	96	48
Power Consumption	15 W	15 W
Max Resolution		4096x2304 - 60 Hz
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	4.0	3.0
PCIe Lanes	28	16
Extended Instruction Set		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1906	1085
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	16503	4440
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2397	1313
Geekbench 5 Single Core	1839	951
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	11973	4465
Geekbench 5 Multi Core	12692	3929
Blender	227	59
Passmark CPU Single Core	3811	2365
Passmark CPU Multi Core	28264	7732