Intel Core i9-10900K vs Intel Core i9-12900T

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

8255 points
1% slightly better overall score
8097 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8878 points
2% slightly better gaming score
8700 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8031 points
1% slightly better multitasking score
7946 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7960 points
0.19% slightly better heavy workload score
7945 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

231.23 points
22% slightly higher Blender score
188.94 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9141 points
11628 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1778 points
2268 points
27% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
16
60% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
24
20% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
167% significantly higher clock speed
1.38 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

125 W
35 W
257% significantly lower TDP

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
20
25% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L1 Cache

Smallest embedded memory, but the fastest

640 KiB
1280 KiB
100% significantly more L1 cache

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB
4 MiB
60% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
30 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

141st of 1,092
150th of 1,092

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9
12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

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