Intel Core i9-12900T vs Intel Core Ultra 7 258V

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 8 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

6632 points
13% slightly better overall score
5827 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7128 points
9364 points
31% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6506 points
35% slightly better multitasking score
4788 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6504 points
41% slightly better heavy workload score
4598 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

188.94 points
49% significantly higher Blender score
126.58 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11628 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
9679 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2268 points
2417 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
200% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.38 GHz
2.2 GHz
59% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
150% significantly more pcie lanes
8

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
300% significantly more supported memory
32 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
14 MiB
250% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
150% significantly more L3 cache
12 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

214th of 1,089
265th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2024 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-8533

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
-

Core i9-12900T vs Core Ultra 7 258V comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12900T is faster than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 258V has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-12900T has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core Ultra 7 258V that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 258V. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 7 258V has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 7 258V has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 258V.

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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