Intel Core i9 12900HX vs Intel Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus
CPU Specs Compare
General Parameters
Release Date
May 2022
Jan 2026
Manufacturer
Intel
Intel
Type
Laptop
Laptop
Instruction Set
x86-64
x86-64
Core Architecture
Alder Lake
Arrow Lake
Processor Number
i9-12900HX
270HX
Integrated Graphics
UHD Graphics (32EU)
Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Generation
-
Ultra 7 (Arrow Lake-HX)
Package
Manufacturing Process
10 nm
3 nm
Socket
BGA-1964
FCBGA-2114
Power Consumption
45-55 W
45-55 W
Max Turbo Power Consumption
157 W
160 W
Peak Operating Temperature
100°C
105 °C
Transistor Count
-
17.8 billions
Foundry
-
TSMC
Die Size
-
243 mm²
Package
-
FC-BGA
CPU Performance
Performance Cores
8
8
Performance Core Threads
16
8
Performance Core Base Frequency
2.3 GHz
2.4 GHz
Performance Core Turbo Frequency
5 GHz
5.3 GHz
Efficiency Cores
8
12
Efficiency Core Threads
8
12
Efficiency Core Base Frequency
1.7 GHz
1.8 GHz
Efficiency Core Turbo Frequency
3.6 GHz
4.7 GHz
Total Core Count
16
20
Total Thread Count
24
20
Bus Frequency
100 MHz
100 MHz
Multiplier
23x
24
L1 Cache
80 K per core
192 K per core
L2 Cache
1280 K per core
3 MB per core
L3 Cache
30 MB shared
30 MB shared
Unlocked Multiplier
Yes
Yes
SMP
-
1
Memory Parameters
Memory Types
DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200
DDR5-6400
Max Memory Size
128 GB
-
Max Memory Channels
2
2
Max Memory Bandwidth
76.8 GB/s
-
ECC Memory Support
No
No
Graphics Card Parameters
Integrated Graphics
true
true
GPU Base Frequency
300 MHz
300 MHz
GPU Max Dynamic Frequency
1550 MHz
1900 MHz
Shader Units
256
512
Texture Units
16
32
Raster Operation Units
8
16
Execution Units
32
64
Power Consumption
45 W
14
AI Accelerator
NPU
-
Yes
Theoretical performance
-
13 TOPS
📊 Benchmark
Cinebench R23
1,904
2,022
Cinebench R23
20,977
28,042
Geekbench 6
2,519
2,995
Geekbench 5
1,896
-
Geekbench 6
14,447
16,892
Geekbench 5
16,154
-
Blender
280
-
Passmark CPU
3,874
-
Passmark CPU
34,632
-
Cinebench 2024
-
131