Intel Core i9-12950HX 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 i9-12950HX offers more cores (16 vs 5), more threads (24 vs 6), a higher clock speed (5.0 GHz vs 4.4 GHz), more L3 cache (30 MB vs 8 MB), and a newer PCIe version (5.0 vs 4.0). Intel Pentium Gold 8500 offers a lower TDP (9 W vs 55 W) and more integrated graphics units (48 vs 32).
Performance score
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Key specs
Cores & Threads16/24
Cores & Threads5/6
Turbo5.0 GHz
Turbo4.4 GHz
L3 cache30 MB
L3 cache8 MB
TDP55 W
TDP9 W
iGPUIntel UHD 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 dateMay 10, 2022
Release dateFebruary 23, 2022
Cores and clocks
Cores & Threads16/24
Cores & Threads5/6
8× P-cores
- Turbo clock
- 5.0 GHz
- Base clock
- 2.3 GHz
1× P-cores
- Turbo clock
- 4.4 GHz
- Base clock
- 1.0 GHz
8× E-cores
- Turbo clock
- 3.6 GHz
- Base clock
- 1.7 GHz
4× E-cores
- Turbo clock
- 3.3 GHz
- Base clock
- 0.7 GHz
Cache
L3 cache30 MB
L3 cache8 MB
L2 cache14 MB
L2 cache3.25 MB
L1 cache1408 KB
L1 cache464 KB
TDP
TDP55 W
TDP9 W
Min. - Max.45 - 157 W
Min. - Max.29 W
Max temperature100 °C
Max temperature100 °C
Connectivity
Memory supportDDR5-4800DDR4-3200
Memory supportLPDDR5-5200LPDDR4x-4267
Memory channels2
Memory channels2
PCIe version5.0, 4.0
PCIe version4.0, 3.0
PCIe lanes16, 4
PCIe lanes4, 10
Graphics
ModelIntel UHD Graphics
ModelIntel UHD Graphics
iGPU architectureXe-LP
iGPU architectureXe-LP
Execution units32
Execution units48
Clock1550 MHz
Clock800 MHz
AI
No NPU
No NPU