Product Compare

Intel Core i9 12900KS vs Intel Core i9 9900KS

	CPU Intel Core i9 12900KS	CPU Intel Core i9 9900KS
General Parameters
Release Date	Apr 2022	Oct 2019
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Desktop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake-S	Coffee Lake
Processor Number	i9-12900KS	i9-9900KS
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 770	UHD Graphics 630
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	14 nm
Socket	LGA-1700	LGA-1151
Power Consumption	150 W	127 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	8	8
Performance Core Base Frequency	3.4 GHz	4.0 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5.5 GHz	5 GHz
Efficiency Cores	8
Total Core Count	16	8
Total Thread Count	24	16
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	34x	40x
L1 Cache	64 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	14 MB shared	256 K per core
L3 Cache	30 MB shared	16 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	Yes	Yes
Performance Core Threads		16
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200	DDR4-2666
Max Memory Size	128 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	41.6 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	350 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1550 MHz	1200 MHz
Shader Units	256	192
Texture Units	16	24
Raster Operation Units	8	3
Execution Units	32	24
Power Consumption	15 W	15 W
Max Resolution		4096x2304 - 60 Hz
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
Cinebench R23 Single Core	2082	1323
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	27796	13343
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2559	1678
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	15546	8751
Passmark CPU Single Core	4357	3029
Passmark CPU Multi Core	44470	19417