Intel Pentium Gold G7400 vs Intel Core i9-12900T. Specifications, performance, tests

Background information about the processors being compared, series, generation and market segment.

• CPU group
  Intel Pentium G7000 Intel Core i 12000
• Family
  Intel Pentium Intel Core i9
• Generation
  11 12
• Predecessor
  Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Intel Core i9-11900KF
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Desktop / Server

Core counts, threads, cache and clock modes describe the CPU configuration. Performance depends on the workload and comparable measured results.

• A-Core
  2x Golden Cove 8x Golden Cove
• B-Core
  - 8x Gracemont
• Base Frequency
  3.7 GHz 2.4 GHz
• Core architecture
  normal hybrid (big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  2 16
• CPU Threads
  4 24
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes Yes
• Overclocking
  No Yes
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  No turbo 5.3 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (2 Cores)
  No turbo -
• Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
  - 3.4 GHz

Internal Graphics does not affect the performance of the CPU, performs the work of the graphics card in its absence or on mobile devices.

• DirectX Version
  12 12
• Execution units
  16 32
• Generation
  13 11
• GPU Frequency
  300 MHz 350 MHz
• GPU name
  Intel UHD Graphics 710 Intel UHD Graphics 770
• GPU Turbo
  1350 MHz 1450 MHz
• Max. displays
  3 3
• Max. GPU Memory
  32 GB -
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2021
• Shader
  128 256
• Technology
  14 nm 10 nm

Built-in codecs used to encode and decode content. Significantly speeds up the required operations.

• AV1
  Decode Decode
• H.264 / AVC
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (8 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• h265 / HEVC (10 bit)
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• JPEG
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VC-1
  Decode Decode
• VP8
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Intel Core i9-12900T and Intel Pentium Gold G7400. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  128 GB 256 GB
• Memory channels
  2 2
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 DDR4-3200DDR5-4800
• PCIe
  5.0 x 20 -
• PCIe lanes
  - 20
• PCIe version
  - 5.0

• AES-NI
  Yes Yes

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Pentium Gold G7400 and Intel Core i9-12900T Power specifications describe different manufacturer limits. TDP, base power and maximum turbo power are separate values; they do not establish measured system consumption.

• Maximum Operating Temperature
  100 °C 100 °C
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  46 W 35 W

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Pentium Gold G7400 and Intel Core i9-12900T, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Alder Lake S
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) x86-64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2 SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+
• L2-Cache
  2.5 MB 3.75 MB
• L3-Cache
  6 MB 30 MB
• Part Number
  - BX8071512900KF
• Release date
  Q1/2022 Q4/2021
• Socket
  LGA 1700 LGA 1700
• Technology
  10 nm 10 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d