Product Compare

Intel Core i9 12900HX vs Intel Core i7 6700HQ

	CPU Intel Core i9 12900HX	CPU Intel Core i7 6700HQ
General Parameters
Release Date	May 2022	Sep 2015
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Skylake
Processor Number	i9-12900HX	i7-6700HQ
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics (32EU)	HD Graphics 530
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	14 nm
Socket	BGA-1964	BGA-1440
Power Consumption	45-55 W	45 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	157 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	4
Performance Core Threads	16	8
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.3 GHz	2.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5 GHz	3.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores	8
Efficiency Core Threads	8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	1.7 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.6 GHz
Total Core Count	16	4
Total Thread Count	24	8
Bus Frequency	100 MHz
Multiplier	23x	26x
L1 Cache	80 K per core	128 K per core
L2 Cache	1280 K per core	256 K per core
L3 Cache	30 MB shared	6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size	128 GB	64 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1550 MHz	1050 MHz
Shader Units	256
Texture Units	16
Raster Operation Units	8
Execution Units	32
Power Consumption	45 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	3.0
PCIe Lanes	20	16
Extended Instruction Set		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2519	1044
Geekbench 5 Single Core	1896	802
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	14447	3554
Geekbench 5 Multi Core	16154	3266
Passmark CPU Single Core	3874	1903
Passmark CPU Multi Core	34632	6474