Product Compare

Intel Core Ultra 5 338H vs Intel Core i9 12900KS

	CPU Intel Core Ultra 5 338H	CPU Intel Core i9 12900KS
General Parameters
Release Date	Jan 2026	Apr 2022
Manufacturer	Intel	Intel
Type	Laptop	Desktop
Instruction Set	x86-64	x86-64
Core Architecture	Panther Lake	Alder Lake-S
Processor Number	338H	i9-12900KS
Integrated Graphics	Arc B370	UHD Graphics 770
Generation	Intel Core Ultra Series 3
Package
Manufacturing Process	3 nm	10 nm
Socket	Custom	LGA-1700
Power Consumption	15-25 W	150 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption	80 W
Peak Operating Temperature	100 °C	100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores	4	8
Performance Core Threads	4
Performance Core Base Frequency	1.9 GHz	3.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency	4.7 GHz	5.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores	8	8
Efficiency Core Threads	8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency	1.5 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency	3.6 GHz
Total Core Count	12	16
Total Thread Count	12	24
Bus Frequency	100 MHz	100 MHz
Multiplier	19	34x
L1 Cache	192 K per core	64 K per core
L2 Cache	2560 K per core	14 MB shared
L3 Cache	18 MB shared	30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier	No	Yes
Memory Parameters
Memory Types	LPDDR5X-8533	DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size	96 GB	128 GB
Max Memory Channels	2	2
Max Memory Bandwidth	153.6 GB/s	76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support	No	Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics	true	true
GPU Base Frequency	800 MHz	300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency	2400 MHz	1550 MHz
Shader Units	1024	256
Texture Units	64	16
Raster Operation Units	32	8
Execution Units	10	32
Power Consumption	45	15 W
Max Resolution	7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz
AI Accelerator
Theoretical performance	50 TOPS
Miscellaneous
Official Website	Official Link ↗	Official Link ↗
PCIe Version	5.0	5.0
PCIe Lanes	12	20
Benchmarks
Cinebench R23 Single Core	1988	2082
Cinebench R23 Multi Core	16565	27796
Geekbench 6 Single Core	2743	2559
Geekbench 6 Multi Core	14448	15546