Intel Core i9-12900T vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

9077 points
3% slightly better overall score
8783 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9883 points
11548 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8857 points
11% slightly better multitasking score
7914 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8836 points
15% slightly better heavy workload score
7677 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

188.94 points
199.93 points
5% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11628 points
11870 points
2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2268 points
2425 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
14% slightly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
71% significantly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.38 GHz
1.7 GHz
23% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
Identical
4.9 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% 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

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
22 MiB
450% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
66% significantly more L3 cache
18 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

111th of 1,096
119th of 1,096

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
No

Core i9-12900T vs Core Ultra 5 225H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900T is faster than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 225H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900T has slightly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 225H. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 225H. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900T. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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