Intel Core i9-12900T vs Intel Pentium Gold G7400

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 core CPU vs Intel 2 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
191% significantly better overall score
2278 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7128 points
53% significantly better gaming score
4637 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6506 points
287% significantly better multitasking score
1677 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6504 points
304% significantly better heavy workload score
1609 points

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Other Benchmarks

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11628 points
181% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4134 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2268 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1961 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
700% significantly more cores
2

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
499% significantly more threads
4

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.38 GHz
3.7 GHz
167% significantly higher clock speed

TDP

Thermal Design Power: Measure of heat generated by the CPU

35 W
31% slightly lower TDP
46 W

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
Identical
20

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

1280 KiB
700% significantly more L1 cache
160 KiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
60% significantly more L2 cache
2.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB
400% significantly more L3 cache
6 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

214th of 1,089
667th of 1,089

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9
Pentium Gold Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
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Core i9-12900T vs Pentium Gold G7400 comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Pentium Gold G7400 performs better than the Core i9-12900T. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900T in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-12900T has significantly more cores than the Pentium Gold G7400. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has 16 cores compared to 2 cores found in the Pentium Gold G7400. It also has more threads than the Pentium Gold G7400. Our comparison shows that the Pentium Gold G7400 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900T. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-12900T has more L2 cache than the Pentium Gold G7400. The Core i9-12900T also has significantly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-12900T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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