Intel Xeon 6980E+ vs Intel Core i9 12900KF
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2026
Oct 2021
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Server
Desktop
Core Architecture
Clearwater Forest
Alder Lake
Integrated Graphics
N/A
No
Generation
Xeon 6+ (Clearwater Forest-SP)
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Instruction Set
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x86-64
Processor Number
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i9-12900KF
Package
Manufacturing Process
3 nm
10 nm
Socket
Intel Socket 7529
LGA-1700
Power Consumption
400 W
125 W
Peak Operating Temperature
99°C
100°C
Foundry
Intel
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I/O Process Size
10 nm
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I/O Die Size
2x 241
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Package
FC-LGA18N
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Max Turbo Power Consumption
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241 W
CPU Performance
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.1 GHz
3.2 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.2 GHz
5.1 GHz
Total Core Count
264
16
Total Thread Count
264
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
21.0
32x
L1 Cache
96 KB per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
4 MB per module
14 MB shared
L3 Cache
528 MB shared
30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
SMP
2
-
Performance Cores
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8
Performance Core Threads
-
16
Efficiency Cores
-
8
Efficiency Core Threads
-
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
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2.4 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
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3.9 GHz
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-8000
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
Max Memory Size
1.5 TB
128 GB
Max Memory Channels
12
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
768.0 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
Yes
Yes
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
-
2,028
Cinebench R23
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27,422
Geekbench 6
-
2,686
Geekbench 5
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1,970
Geekbench 6
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16,130
Geekbench 5
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17,469
Blender
-
425
Passmark CPU
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4,167
Passmark CPU
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41,190