Product Compare

Intel Core i9 12900HK vs Intel Xeon 6960E+

	CPU Intel Core i9 12900HK	CPU Intel Xeon 6960E+
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2022	May 2026
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Laptop	Server
Instruction Set	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Clearwater Forest
Processor Number	i9-12900HK
Integrated Graphics	Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)	N/A
Generation		Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	3 nm
Socket	BGA-1744	Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption	35-45 W	330 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	115 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	98°C
Foundry		Intel
I/O Process Size		10 nm
I/O Die Size		2x 241
Package		FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	6
Performance Core Threads	12
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.5 GHz	2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5 GHz	3.2 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	144
Total Thread Count	20	144
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	25x	24.0
L1 Cache	80 K per core	96 KB per core
L2 Cache	1280 K per core	4 MB per module
L3 Cache	24 MB shared	432 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
SMP		2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267	DDR5-8000
Max Memory Size	64 GB	1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels	2	12
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
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 ↗
PCIe Version	4.0	5
PCIe Lanes	28	96