Product Compare

Intel Core i9 12900H vs Intel Core i9 7960X

	CPU Intel Core i9 12900H	CPU Intel Core i9 7960X
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2022	Sep 2017
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Skylake
Processor Number	i9-12900H	i9-7960X
Integrated Graphics	Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)	N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	14 nm
Socket	BGA-1744	LGA-2066
Power Consumption	35-45 W	165 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	115 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	98 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6	16
Performance Core Threads	12	32
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.5 GHz	2.8 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5 GHz	4.2 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	16
Total Thread Count	20	32
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	25x	28x
L1 Cache	80 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	1280 K per core	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	24 MB shared	22 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267	DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size	64 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	4
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	79.47 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1450 MHz
Shader Units	768
Texture Units	48
Raster Operation Units	24
Execution Units	96
Power Consumption	15 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	4.0	3.0
PCIe Lanes	28	44
Extended Instruction Set		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1906	1099
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	16503	22189
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2397	1313
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	11973	9066
Passmark CPU Single Core	3811	2489
Passmark CPU Multi Core	28264	26917