Intel Core i9 12900H vs Intel Core i7 6700HQ
CPU · Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2022
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Skylake
Processor Number
i9-12900H
i7-6700HQ
Integrated Graphics
Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
HD Graphics 530
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
14 nm
Socket
BGA-1744
BGA-1440
Power Consumption
35-45 W
45 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
115 W
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Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
100 °C
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
4
Performance Core Threads
12
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
2.6 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
3.5 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
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Efficiency Core Threads
8
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Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.8 GHz
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Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
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Total Core Count
14
4
Total Thread Count
20
8
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
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Multiplier
25x
26x
L1 Cache
80 K per core
128 K per core
L2 Cache
1280 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
24 MB shared
6 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
Max Memory Size
64 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
34.1 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
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GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1450 MHz
1050 MHz
Shader Units
768
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Texture Units
48
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Raster Operation Units
24
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Execution Units
96
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Power Consumption
15 W
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Miscellaneous
PCIe Version
4.0
3.0
PCIe Lanes
28
16
Extended Instruction Set
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SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX-2
Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,906
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Cinebench R23
16,503
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Geekbench 6
2,397
1,044
Geekbench 5
1,839
802
Geekbench 6
11,973
3,554
Geekbench 5
12,692
3,266
Blender
227
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Passmark CPU
3,811
1,903
Passmark CPU
28,264
6,474
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Data sourced from official specifications and benchmark tests.