Intel Core i9-12900HK
The Intel Core i9-12900HK is a high-end mobile CPU for laptops based on the Alder Lake architecture. It was announced in early 2022 and offers 6 performance cores (P-cores, Golden Cove architecture) and 8 efficient cores (E-cores, Gracemont architecture). The P-cores support Hyper-Threading leading to 20 supported threads when combined with the E-cores. The clock rate ranges from 2.5 to 5 GHz on the performance cluster and 1.8 to 3.8 GHz on the efficiency cluster. The performance of the E-cores should be similar to old Skylake cores (compare with the Core i7-6920HQ ). All cores can use up to 24 MB L3 cache. As a K-variant, the CPU offers an open multiplicator and therefore the possibility to overclock the CPU cores. Compared to the similar i9-12900H, the 12900HK only offers the "Essentials" features of vPro.
Performance
The average i9-12900HK is one of the fastest mobile CPUs in our testing and only bested by the HX models with higher TDP. The performance depends on the cooling and TDP settings but can on average best a AMD Ryzen 9 6900HX by 11% (at the time of writing, see comparison now). The influence of the laptop cooling can be seen in our database, as a theoretical slower Core i9-12900H is faster on average currently. Still, the CPU is very well suited for all demanding use cases like gaming, content creation, and scientific calculations.
Features
The integrated memory controller supports various memory types up to DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, and LPDDR4x-4267. The Thread Director (in hardware) can support the operating system to decide which thread to use on the performance or efficient cores for the best performance. For AI tasks, the CPU also integrates GNA 3.0 and DL Boost (via AVX2). Quick Sync in version 8 is the same as in the Rocket Lake CPUs and supports MPEG-2, AVC, VC-1 decode, JPEG, VP8 decode, VP9, HEVC, and AV1 decode in hardware. The CPU only supports PCIe 4.0 (x8 for a GPU and two x4 for SSDs).
The integrated graphics card is based on the Xe-architecture and offers 96 EUs (Execution Units) operating at up to 1.45 GHz.
The CPU is rated at 45 W base power (115 W PL2) but most laptops will use a PL1 of around 60 Watt. The SoC is manufactured in a 10nm process at Intel, which is known as Intel 7.
Series Intel Alder Lake-P Codename Alder Lake-P Series: Alder Lake-P Alder Lake-P Clock Rate 1800 - 5000 MHz Level 1 Cache 1.2 MB Level 2 Cache 11.5 MB Level 3 Cache 24 MB Number of Cores / Threads 14 / 20 Power Consumption (TDP = Thermal Design Power) 45 Watt Manufacturing Technology 10 nm Max. Temperature 100 °C Socket FCBGA1744 Features Thread Director GPU Intel Iris Xe Graphics G7 96EUs ( - 1450 MHz)64 Bit 64 Bit support Architecture x86 Announcement Date 01/04/2022 Product Link (external) Intel Alder Lake-P i9-12900HK
Benchmarks Performance Rating - CB R15 + R20 + 7-Zip + X265 + Blender + 3DM11 CPU
59.6 pt (67%)
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Multi Core
min: 13410 avg: 18038 median: 18621.5 (30%) max: 19282 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 77% 87% 71% 96% 97% 100% 100%
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Cinebench R23 - Cinebench R23 Single Core
min: 1586 avg: 1785 median: 1789 (79%) max: 1940 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 76% 96% 82% 100% 98% 86% 98%
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core)
min: 596 avg: 672 median: 664 (76%) max: 739 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 81% 98% 83% 93% 100% 81% 99%
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Cinebench R20 - Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core)
min: 5168 avg: 6874 median: 7104.5 (30%) max: 7366 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 77% 87% 72% 96% 95% 100% 100%
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Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 1975 avg: 2750 median: 2845 (29%) max: 2944 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 72% 91% 68% 95% 100% 98% 100%
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0 150 300 450 600 750 900 1050 1200 1350 1500 1650 1800 1950 2100 2250 2400 2550 2700 2850 Tooltip Medion Erazer Beast X30 Office Mode: Ø959 (921.02-965.69)
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Silence Mode: Ø730 (712.31-1010.15)
Morefine S600-Apex Engineer: Ø1986 (1882.53-2086.59)
MSI Raider GE66 12UHS: Ø2467 (2423.65-2668.98)
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5: Ø2616 (2562.79-2779.9)
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Turbo Mode: Ø2627 (2586.15-2785.9)
Medion Erazer Beast X30 Turbo Mode: Ø2756 (2735.6-2835.67)
Medion Erazer Beast X30: Ø2761 (2697.24-2854.49)
MSI GE76 Raider: Ø2722 (2660.99-2908.88)
Alienware x17 R2 P48E: Ø2889 (2849.61-2917.79)
Medion Erazer Beast X30 PL 140W: Ø2814 (2658.87-2943.56)
Cinebench R15 - Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 226 avg: 256.6 median: 257 (78%) max: 279 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 79% 96% 81% 100% 99% 86% 97%
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Multi 64 Bit
min: 23.44 avg: 28.2 median: 28.2 (40%) max: 33 Points
CPU TDP 65 W TDP 110 W 71% 100%
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Cinebench R11.5 - Cinebench R11.5 CPU Single 64 Bit
min: 2.69 avg: 3 median: 3 (9%) max: 3.28 Points
CPU TDP 65 W TDP 110 W 82% 100%
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (32bit)
min: 7710 avg: 8561 median: 8561 (52%) max: 9412 points
CPU TDP 65 W TDP 110 W 82% 100%
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (32bit)
min: 48838 avg: 53020 median: 53020 (38%) max: 57202 points
CPU TDP 65 W TDP 110 W 85% 100%
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Multi (64bit)
75223 Points (54%)
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Cinebench R10 - Cinebench R10 Rend. Single (64bit)
12378 Points (67%)
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wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 1024m *
201.1 s (2%)
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200
wPrime 2.10 - wPrime 2.0 32m *
3.4 s (1%)
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min: 7387 avg: 8480 median: 8480 (49%) max: 9573 points
CPU TDP 65 W TDP 110 W 77% 100%
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7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Multli Thread 4 runs
min: 56455 avg: 70492 median: 72874 (45%) max: 75564 MIPS
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 82% 94% 77% 93% 99% 100% 94%
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7-Zip 18.03 - 7-Zip 18.03 Single Thread 4 runs
min: 5257 avg: 5723 median: 5622.5 (67%) max: 6186 MIPS
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 82% 97% 86% 100% 99% 85% 94%
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 2
min: 113.7 avg: 136.7 median: 136.7 (50%) max: 159.6 fps
CPU TDP 65 W TDP 110 W 71% 100%
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X264 HD Benchmark 4.0 - x264 Pass 1
min: 276 avg: 288.2 median: 288.2 (68%) max: 300.4 fps
CPU TDP 65 W TDP 110 W 92% 100%
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HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 - HWBOT x265 4k Preset
min: 15.7 avg: 19.9 median: 20.6 (44%) max: 21.6 fps
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 77% 86% 73% 85% 93% 96% 100%
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0 5 10 15 20 25 30 35 Tooltip Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Silence Mode: Ø6.36 (0.74-17.3)
Medion Erazer Beast X30 Office Mode: Ø14 (1.32-23)
Morefine S600-Apex Engineer: Ø16.8 (1.42-28.2)
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5: Ø19.7 (1.6-32.2)
MSI Raider GE66 12UHS: Ø19.2 (1.66-32.3)
MSI GE76 Raider: Ø20.8 (2.26-35.3)
Medion Erazer Beast X30: Ø21 (1.47-33.2)
Medion Erazer Beast X30 Turbo Mode: Ø21.2 (1.51-33.5)
Gigabyte Aero 16 YE5 Turbo Mode: Ø22 (1.64-34.4)
Alienware x17 R2 P48E: Ø22.1 (1.56-33.8)
Medion Erazer Beast X30 PL 140W: Ø22.2 (1.53-33.7)
TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Serpent
min: 1.3 avg: 1.4 median: 1.4 (47%) max: 1.5 GB/s
CPU TDP 65 W TDP 110 W 87% 100%
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt Twofish
min: 2.3 avg: 2.5 median: 2.5 (45%) max: 2.6 GB/s
CPU TDP 65 W TDP 110 W 88% 100%
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TrueCrypt - TrueCrypt AES
min: 14.1 avg: 15.2 median: 15.2 (47%) max: 16.3 GB/s
CPU TDP 65 W TDP 110 W 87% 100%
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Blender - Blender 2.79 BMW27 CPU *
min: 172.5 avg: 186.6 median: 178.4 (1%) max: 232 Seconds
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 100% 100% 100% 100% 101% 101% 101%
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R Benchmark 2.5 - R Benchmark 2.5 *
min: 0.4155 avg: 0.5 median: 0.5 (10%) max: 0.4997 sec
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 100% 103% 102% 104% 104% 102% 104%
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3DMark 06 - CPU - 3DMark 06 - CPU
min: 13096 avg: 15572 median: 16756 (36%) max: 16864 Points
CPU TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W 78% 100% 99%
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Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 1M *
min: 7.3 avg: 7.9 median: 7.9 (2%) max: 8.438 s
CPU TDP 65 W TDP 110 W 100% 100%
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200
Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 2M *
min: 16.1 avg: 17.5 median: 17.5 (1%) max: 18.844 s
CPU TDP 65 W TDP 110 W 100% 100%
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Super Pi Mod 1.5 XS 32M - Super Pi mod 1.5 XS 32M *
min: 383.9 avg: 409.9 median: 409.9 (2%) max: 435.936 s
CPU TDP 65 W TDP 110 W 100% 100%
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VIA C3-M C3-M-1200
3DMark Vantage - 3DM Vant. Perf. CPU no Physx
min: 59882 avg: 68634 median: 68634 (64%) max: 77386 Points
CPU TDP 65 W TDP 110 W 77% 100%
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3DMark 11 - 3DM11 Performance Physics
min: 17378 avg: 22490 median: 23447 (63%) max: 25556 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 73% 96% 70% 98% 94% 84% 100%
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Physics
min: 66129 avg: 69062 median: 69062 (57%) max: 71995 Points
CPU TDP 65 W TDP 86 W 92% 100%
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Extreme Physics
min: 65657 avg: 68856 median: 68856 (57%) max: 72055 Points
CPU TDP 65 W TDP 86 W 91% 100%
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3DMark - 3DMark Ice Storm Unlimited Physics
min: 75600 avg: 84380 median: 82935 (70%) max: 94605 Points
CPU TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 120 W 80% 100% 88%
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3DMark - 3DMark Cloud Gate Physics
min: 16214 avg: 18928 median: 19475 (49%) max: 21231 Points
CPU TDP 45 W TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 95% 76% 92% 94% 83% 100%
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3DMark - 3DMark Fire Strike Standard Physics
min: 23308 avg: 27964 median: 28717 (53%) max: 31045 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 73% 89% 75% 94% 100% 86% 97%
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3DMark - 3DMark Time Spy CPU
min: 9449 avg: 12451 median: 12649 (62%) max: 14252 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 69% 93% 66% 90% 98% 82% 100%
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Geekbench 6 - Geekbench 6.0 Single-Core
2175 points (76%)
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Geekbench 6 - Geekbench 6.0 Multi-Core
12046 points (71%)
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Geekbench 5.4 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1596 avg: 1782 median: 1870 (81%) max: 1918 points
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 80% 97% 97% 100% 83% 98%
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Geekbench 5.4 - Geekbench 5.1 - 5.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 12559 avg: 13575 median: 13717 (48%) max: 14294 points
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 76% 99% 100% 98% 91% 99%
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Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 1848 avg: 1854 median: 1853.5 (8%) max: 1859 points
CPU TDP 86 W TDP 134 W 100% 99%
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Geekbench 5.0 - Geekbench 5.0 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 13538 avg: 13648 median: 13647.5 (43%) max: 13757 points
CPU TDP 86 W TDP 134 W 100% 98%
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Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core
min: 7925 avg: 7970 median: 7970 (82%) max: 8015 points
CPU TDP 86 W TDP 110 W 99% 100%
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Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 - Geekbench 4.1 - 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core
min: 50218 avg: 50701 median: 50701 (57%) max: 51184 points
CPU TDP 86 W TDP 110 W 98% 100%
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Mozilla Kraken 1.1 - Kraken 1.1 Total Score *
min: 490 avg: 523 median: 508.5 (1%) max: 582 ms
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100%
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Sunspider - Sunspider 1.0 Total Score *
min: 102.4 avg: 107.1 median: 107.1 (1%) max: 111.7 ms
CPU TDP 86 W TDP 110 W 100% 100%
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Octane V2 - Octane V2 Total Score
94352 Points (89%)
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WebXPRT 4 - WebXPRT 4 Score
249 Points (74%)
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WebXPRT 3 - WebXPRT 3 Score
min: 285 avg: 303.6 median: 299 (69%) max: 331 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 45 W TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 44% 98% 86% 100% 95% 87% 90%
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CrossMark - CrossMark Overall
min: 1727 avg: 1937 median: 1903 (74%) max: 2138 Points
CPU TDP ? TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 74% 85% 100% 82% 90%
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Power Consumption - Prime95 Power Consumption - external Monitor *
min: 83.8 avg: 123.9 median: 121 (21%) max: 174.7 Watt
CPU TDP 45 W TDP 65 W TDP 86 W TDP 110 W TDP 120 W TDP 134 W 122% 122% 112% 115% 113% 100%
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