Comparing Intel Core i9-12900 vs Intel Core i9-12900

description_compare Intel Core i9-12900 and Intel Core i5-13400E

• Name
  Intel Core i9-12900 Intel Core i5-13400E
• Family
  Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 Intel Core i 13000
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server
• Generation
  12 13
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-11900 --
• Successor
  Intel Core i9-13900 --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

• CPU Cores / Threads
  16 / 24 10 / 16
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• A-Core
  8x Golden Cove 6x Raptor Cove
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont 4x Gracemont
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No No
• A-Core Frequency
  2.40 GHz (5.10 GHz) 2.40 GHz (4.60 GHz)
• B-Core Frequency
  1.80 GHz (3.80 GHz) 1.50 GHz (3.30 GHz)

• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 730
• GPU frequency
  0.30 GHz 0.30 GHz
• GPU (Turbo)
  1.55 GHz 1.55 GHz
• Execution units
  32 24
• Shader
  256 192
• Max. GPU Memory
  64 GB 64 GB
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Generation
  11 12
• Direct X
  12 12
• Technology
  10 nm 14 nm
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q1/2021

• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h264
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• AV1
  Decode Decode
• AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

• Memory type
  DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800 DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 128 GB
• Memory channels
  2 (Dual Channel) 2 (Dual Channel)
• Bandwidth
  76.8 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
• ECC
  Yes Yes
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 5.0 x 20
• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

• TDP (PL1)
  65 W 65 W
• TDP (PL2)
  202 W --
• Tjunction max.
  100 \xc2\xb0C 100 \xc2\xb0C

• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Chip design
  Monolithic Monolithic
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 1700
• L2-Cache
  14.00 MB 9.50 MB
• L3-Cache
  30.00 MB 20.00 MB
• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Alder Lake S Refresh
• Operating systems
  Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q1/2023
• Release price
  489 $ --
• Documents
  Technical data sheet Technical data sheet