Intel Core i7 6500U vs Intel Core i9 12900H
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Sep 2015
Jan 2022
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Skylake
Alder Lake
Processor Number
i7-6500U
i9-12900H
Integrated Graphics
HD Graphics 520
Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Package
Transistor Count
1.7 billions
-
Manufacturing Process
14 nm
10 nm
Socket
BGA-1356
BGA-1744
Power Consumption
15 W
35-45 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100 °C
100°C
Max Turbo Power Consumption
-
115 W
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
2
6
Performance Core Threads
4
12
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
2.5 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
3.1 GHz
5 GHz
Total Core Count
2
14
Total Thread Count
4
20
L1 Cache
64 K per core
80 K per core
L2 Cache
256 K per core
1280 K per core
L3 Cache
4 MB shared
24 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
No
No
Efficiency Cores
-
8
Efficiency Core Threads
-
8
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
-
1.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
-
3.8 GHz
Bus Frequency
-
100 MHz
Multiplier
-
25x
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR4-2133, LPDDR3-1866, DDR3L-1600
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
Max Memory Size
32 GB
64 GB
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
34.1 GB/s
76.8 GB/s
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1050 MHz
1450 MHz
GPU Base Frequency
-
300 MHz
Shader Units
-
768
Texture Units
-
48
Raster Operation Units
-
24
Execution Units
-
96
Power Consumption
-
15 W
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
719
1,906
Cinebench R23
2,072
16,503
Geekbench 6
1,027
2,397
Geekbench 5
742
1,839
Geekbench 6
2,074
11,973
Geekbench 5
1,655
12,692
Blender
22
227
Passmark CPU
1,695
3,811
Passmark CPU
3,261
28,264