Product Compare

Intel Core i9 12900HX vs Intel Core i9 7980XE

	CPU Intel Core i9 12900HX	CPU Intel Core i9 7980XE
General Parameters
Release Date	May 2022	Sep 2017
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Skylake
Processor Number	i9-12900HX	i9-7980XE
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics (32EU)	N/A
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	14 nm
Socket	BGA-1964	LGA-2066
Power Consumption	45-55 W	165 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	157 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100°C	94 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	18
Performance Core Threads	16	36
Performance Core Base Frequency	2.3 GHz	2.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5 GHz	4.2 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	18
Total Thread Count	24	36
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	23x	26x
L1 Cache	80 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	1280 K per core	1 MB per core
L3 Cache	30 MB shared	25 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size	128 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	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	44
Extended Instruction Set		SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2, AVX-512
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1904	1263
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	20977	28196
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2519	1410
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	14447	11418
Passmark CPU Single Core	3874	2492
Passmark CPU Multi Core	34632	30462