Product Compare

Intel Core i9 12950HX vs Intel Core i5 8257U

	CPU Intel Core i9 12950HX	CPU Intel Core i5 8257U
General Parameters
Release Date	May 2022	Jul 2019
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Laptop	Laptop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Alder Lake	Coffee Lake
Processor Number	i9-12950HX	i5-8257U
Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics (32EU)	Iris Plus Graphics 645
Package
Manufacturing Process	10 nm	14 nm
Socket	BGA-1964	BGA-1528
Power Consumption	45-55 W	15 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	1.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	5 GHz	3.9 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	14x
L1 Cache	80 K per core	32 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	DDR4-2400, LPDDR3-2133
Max Memory Size	128 GB	32 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	76.8 GB/s	37.5 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	Yes	No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	300 MHz	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	1550 MHz	1050 MHz
Shader Units	256	384
Texture Units	16	48
Raster Operation Units	8	6
Execution Units	32	48
Power Consumption	45 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	1962	996
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	21471	4031
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2546	1210
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	14260	3922