Intel Core i9 12900HK vs Intel Core i3 6100
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
Jan 2022
Sep 2015
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Laptop
Desktop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Skylake
Processor Number
i9-12900HK
i3-6100
Integrated Graphics
Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
HD Graphics 530
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
14 nm
Socket
BGA-1744
LGA-1151
Power Consumption
35-45 W
51 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
115 W
-
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
-
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
6
2
Performance Core Threads
12
4
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.5 GHz
3.7 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
-
Efficiency Cores
8
-
Efficiency Core Threads
8
-
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.8 GHz
-
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.8 GHz
-
Total Core Count
14
2
Total Thread Count
20
4
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
25x
37x
L1 Cache
80 K per core
64 K per core
L2 Cache
1280 K per core
256 K per core
L3 Cache
24 MB shared
3 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
No
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4267
DDR4-2133, 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
Yes
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
-
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1450 MHz
1050 MHz
Shader Units
768
-
Texture Units
48
-
Raster Operation Units
24
-
Execution Units
96
-
Power Consumption
15 W
-
Miscellaneous
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,934
1,003
Cinebench R23
18,257
2,565
Geekbench 6
2,361
1,146
Geekbench 5
1,793
924
Geekbench 6
12,172
2,487
Geekbench 5
13,317
2,023
Blender
253
40
Passmark CPU
3,676
2,192
Passmark CPU
27,949
4,140