Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Pentium Gold 8500 processor comparison: performance score, cores and clock speeds, cache, TDP, integrated graphics and NPU. The better value in each row is highlighted in green.
Summary
Intel Core i9-12900H offers more cores (14 vs 5), more threads (20 vs 6), a higher clock speed (5.0 GHz vs 4.4 GHz), more L3 cache (24 MB vs 8 MB), and more integrated graphics units (96 vs 48). Intel Pentium Gold 8500 offers a lower TDP (9 W vs 45 W).
Performance score
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Key specs
Cores & Threads14/20
Cores & Threads5/6
Turbo5.0 GHz
Turbo4.4 GHz
L3 cache24 MB
L3 cache8 MB
TDP45 W
TDP9 W
iGPUIntel Iris Xe Graphics
iGPUIntel UHD Graphics
General
Series12. gen.
Series12. gen.
CodenameAlder Lake
CodenameAlder Lake
CPU architectureGolden Cove, Gracemont
CPU architectureGolden Cove, Gracemont
FoundryIntel
FoundryIntel
Process nodeIntel 7 (10 nm)
Process nodeIntel 7 (10 nm)
Instruction setx86-64
Instruction setx86-64
Release dateJanuary 4, 2022
Release dateFebruary 23, 2022
Cores and clocks
Cores & Threads14/20
Cores & Threads5/6
6× P-cores
- Turbo clock
- 5.0 GHz
- Base clock
- 2.5 GHz
1× P-cores
- Turbo clock
- 4.4 GHz
- Base clock
- 1.0 GHz
8× E-cores
- Turbo clock
- 3.8 GHz
- Base clock
- 1.8 GHz
4× E-cores
- Turbo clock
- 3.3 GHz
- Base clock
- 0.7 GHz
Cache
L3 cache24 MB
L3 cache8 MB
L2 cache11.5 MB
L2 cache3.25 MB
L1 cache1248 KB
L1 cache464 KB
TDP
TDP45 W
TDP9 W
Min. - Max.35 - 115 W
Min. - Max.29 W
Max temperature100 °C
Max temperature100 °C
Connectivity
Memory supportLPDDR5-5200DDR5-4800LPDDR4x-4267DDR4-3200
Memory supportLPDDR5-5200LPDDR4x-4267
Memory channels2
Memory channels2
PCIe version4.0, 3.0
PCIe version4.0, 3.0
PCIe lanes16, 12
PCIe lanes4, 10
Graphics
ModelIntel Iris Xe Graphics
ModelIntel UHD Graphics
iGPU architectureXe-LP
iGPU architectureXe-LP
Execution units96
Execution units48
Clock1450 MHz
Clock800 MHz
AI
No NPU
No NPU