Intel Core i9-12900E

Benchmarks for the Intel Core i9-12900E can be found below. Release dates, price and performance comparisons are also listed when available. This is made using thousands of PerformanceTest benchmark results and is updated daily.

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The 2nd graph shows the value for money, in terms of the CPUMark per dollar.
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Intel Core i9-12900E

Description: Intel UHD Graphics 770

Class: Mobile/Embedded

Socket: FCLGA1700

Total Cores: 16 Cores, 24 Threads

Performance Cores: 8 Cores, 16 Threads, 2.3 GHz Base, 5.0 GHz Turbo

Efficient Cores: 8 Cores, 8 Threads, 1.7 GHz Base, 3.8 GHz Turbo

Typical TDP: 65 W

Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 48 KB
L2 Cache: 8 x 1280 KB
L3 Cache: 30 MB

Cache per Eff. CPU Package:
Eff. L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 64 KB
Eff. L1 Data Cache: 8 x 32 KB
Eff. L2 Cache: 2 x 2048 KB

Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 128 GB (Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s, Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s, ECC Supported)

Other names: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900E, 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900E

CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2022

CPUmark/$Price: NA

Overall Rank:
666th fastest in multithreading out of 6040 CPUs
509th fastest in single threading out of 6040 CPUs
15th fastest in out of 1323 Mobile/Embedded CPUs

Last Price Change: NA

Average CPU Mark rating

Multithread Rating

27682

Single Thread Rating

3581

Samples: 19*
*Margin for error: Medium

CPU Test Suite Average Results for Intel Core i9-12900E

Integer Math	108,288 MOps/Sec
Floating Point Math	73,693 MOps/Sec
Find Prime Numbers	113 Million Primes/Sec
Random String Sorting	35,213 Thousand Strings/Sec
Data Encryption	18,700 MBytes/Sec
Data Compression	313,928 KBytes/Sec
Physics	1,696 Frames/Sec
Extended Instructions	18,517 Million Matrices/Sec
Single Thread	3,581 MOps/Sec

From submitted results to PerformanceTest V10 as of 5th of October 2026.

CPU Mark Distribution for Intel Core i9-12900E

Submitted Baseline Distribution Graph as of 3rd of October 2026

From submitted results since PerformanceTest V10 as of 3rd of October 2026.
For distribution graph only: Results are trimmed to exclude outliers by disregarding the bottom 1% and top 1% of submissions.

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CPU Mark Relative to Top 10 Common Mobile/Embedded CPUs
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H		30,755
Intel Core i9-12900E		27,682
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme		24,579
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 230		19,138
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		14,120
Intel Core i5-1235U		12,409
Apple A15 Bionic		9,863
Apple A14 Bionic		8,542
Apple A13 Bionic		5,803
Intel N100		5,304
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G		3,804

CPU Value (CPU Mark / $Price )
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better value
Processor	CPU Mark / $Price
Intel N100		41.43
Intel Core i5-1235U		40.16
Intel Core i9-12900E		NA
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H		NA
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme		NA
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 230		NA
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G		NA
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		NA
Apple A15 Bionic		NA
Apple A14 Bionic		NA
Apple A13 Bionic		NA

Single Thread Rating
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average Thread Rating
Intel Core Ultra 7 255H		4,310
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz		3,672
Intel Core i9-12900E		3,581
Apple A15 Bionic		3,565
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme		3,525
AMD Ryzen 5 PRO 230		3,495
Apple A14 Bionic		3,380
Intel Core i5-1235U		3,045
Apple A13 Bionic		2,361
Intel N100		1,879
AMD Ryzen Embedded R1505G		1,822

Last 5 Baselines for Intel Core i9-12900E
Most recent listed first
Baseline	CPU Mark
BL3632589 - Aug 06 2026		18893
BL2655166 - May 27 2025		32038
BL2652530 - May 26 2025		30640
BL2458955 - Mar 05 2025		26672
BL2326508 - Jan 07 2025		34822

Additional baselines can be obtained using Windows version of PerformanceTest's Manage Baselines feature.

Popular comparisons for Intel Core i9-12900E
As of 6th of October 2026 - Higher results represent better performance
Processor	Average CPU Mark
Intel Core i9-12900E		27,682
AMD Ryzen Z1 Extreme vs Intel Core i9-12900E		24,579 (-11.2%)
Intel Core i7-12700E vs Intel Core i9-12900E		27,844 (+0.6%)
Intel Core i7-13700E vs Intel Core i9-12900E		32,759 (+18.3%)
Intel Core i7-12800HE vs Intel Core i9-12900E		26,307 (-5.0%)
AMD Ryzen Z2 vs Intel Core i9-12900E		25,765 (-6.9%)
Intel Core 7 240H vs Intel Core i9-12900E		23,970 (-13.4%)
Intel Core i5-14450HX vs Intel Core i9-12900E		23,585 (-14.8%)
ARM Apple M1 Max (Virtual) 10 Core 0 MHz vs Intel Core i9-12900E		21,197 (-23.4%)
AMD Ryzen Embedded V3C48 vs Intel Core i9-12900E		20,203 (-27.0%)
Intel Core i5-13500E vs Intel Core i9-12900E		26,769 (-3.3%)
Intel Core i7-14701E vs Intel Core i9-12900E		26,112 (-5.7%)
Apple M4 10 Core vs Intel Core i9-12900E		23,573 (-14.8%)

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