Intel Core i7 5960X vs Intel Core i9 12900T
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Aug 2014
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Desktop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
-
Core Architecture
Haswell E
Alder Lake-S
Processor Number
i7-5960X
-
Integrated Graphics
N/A
UHD Graphics 770
Generation
-
Core i9 (Alder Lake-S)
Package
Transistor Count
2.6 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
22 nm
10 nm
Socket
LGA-2011-3
Intel Socket 1700
Power Consumption
140 W
35 W
Peak Operating Temperature
-
72 °C
Foundry
-
Intel
Die Size
-
215 mm²
Package
-
FC-LGA16A
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
8
Performance Core Threads
16
16
Performance Core Base Frequency
3.0 GHz
1.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.5 GHz
4.9 GHz
Total Core Count
8
16
Total Thread Count
16
24
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
30x
14.0
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 KB per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1.25 MB per core
L3 Cache
20 MB shared
30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
Yes
Efficiency Cores
-
8
Efficiency Core Threads
-
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
1000 MHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.6 GHz
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133
DDR4-3200, DDR5-4800
Max Memory Size
64 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
4
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
68 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Miscellaneous
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
-
true
GPU Base Frequency
-
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
-
1550 MHz
Execution Units
-
32
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,057
1,865
Cinebench R23
9,850
22,804
Geekbench 6
1,244
2,362
Geekbench 6
6,669
12,384
Passmark CPU
1,963
-
Passmark CPU
12,655
-
Blender
-
153