Intel Core i9 12900KS vs Intel Xeon 6960E+
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Apr 2022
May 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Server
Instruction Set
x86-64
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Core Architecture
Alder Lake-S
Clearwater Forest
Processor Number
i9-12900KS
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Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics 770
N/A
Generation
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Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
3 nm
Socket
LGA-1700
Intel Socket 7529
Power Consumption
150 W
330 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
98°C
Foundry
-
Intel
I/O Process Size
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10 nm
I/O Die Size
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2x 241
Package
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FC-LGA18N
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
-
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.4 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5.5 GHz
3.2 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
-
Total Core Count
16
144
Total Thread Count
24
144
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
34x
24.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
96 KB per core
L2 Cache
14 MB shared
4 MB per module
L3 Cache
30 MB shared
432 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
SMP
-
2
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
DDR5-8000
Max Memory Size
128 GB
1.5 TB
Max Memory Channels
2
12
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
768.0 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
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GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1550 MHz
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Shader Units
256
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Texture Units
16
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Raster Operation Units
8
-
Execution Units
32
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Power Consumption
15 W
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Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
2,082
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Cinebench R23
27,796
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Geekbench 6
2,559
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Geekbench 6
15,546
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Passmark CPU
4,357
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Passmark CPU
44,470
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