Product Compare

Intel Core i9 12900HX vs Intel Core i7 6900K

	CPU Intel Core i9 12900HX	CPU Intel Core i7 6900K
General Parameters
Release Date	May 2022	May 2016
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Broadwell E
Processor Number	i9-12900HX	i7-6900K
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics (32EU)	N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	14 nm
Socket	BGA-1964	LGA-2011-3
Power Consumption	45-55 W	140 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	157 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	8
Performance Core Threads	16	16
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.3 GHz	3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5 GHz	3.7 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	8
Total Thread Count	24	16
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	23x	32x
L1 Cache	80 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	1280 K per core	256 K per core
L3 Cache	30 MB shared	20 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	DDR4-2133
Max Memory Size	128 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	4
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	No
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	45 W
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	3.0
PCIe Lanes	20	40
Benchmarks
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2519	1286
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	14447	7470