Intel Core i9-12900KF vs Samsung Exynos 1080. Specifications, performance, tests

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

• CPU group
  Intel Core i 12000 Samsung Exynos 1080
• Family
  Intel Core i9 Samsung Exynos
• Generation
  12 5
• Predecessor
  Intel Core i9-11900KF -
• Segment
  Desktop / Server Mobile

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

• A-Core
  8x Golden Cove 1x Cortex-A78
• B-Core
  8x Gracemont 3x Cortex-A78
• Base Frequency
  3.7 GHz 2 GHz
• C-Core
  - 4x Cortex-A55
• Core architecture
  hybrid (big.LITTLE) hybrid (Prime / big.LITTLE)
• CPU Cores
  16 8
• CPU Threads
  24 8
• Hyperthreading / SMT
  Yes No
• Overclocking
  Yes No
• Turbo Frequency (1 Core)
  5.3 GHz 2.8 GHz
• Turbo Frequency (16 Cores)
  5 GHz -
• Turbo Frequency (8 Cores)
  - 2.6 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.

• GPU name
  None ARM Mali-G78 MP10
• DirectX Version
  - 12
• Execution units
  - 10
• Generation
  - Vallhall 2
• GPU Frequency
  - 760 MHz
• GPU Turbo
  - No turbo
• Max. displays
  - 1
• Release date
  - Q4/2020
• Shader
  - 160
• Technology
  - 5 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 / Encode
• VP8
  Decode Decode / Encode
• VP9
  Decode / Encode Decode / Encode

Types, channel quantity of RAM supported by Samsung Exynos 1080 and Intel Core i9-12900KF. Depending on the motherboards, higher or lower memory frequencies may be supported.

• ECC
  No No
• Max. Memory
  256 GB -
• Memory channels
  2 4
• Memory type
  DDR4-3200DDR5-4800 LPDDR4XLPDDR5
• PCIe lanes
  20 -
• PCIe version
  5.0 -

• AES-NI
  Yes No

Compare the TDP requirements of TDP Intel Core i9-12900KF and Samsung Exynos 1080 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 -
• TDP (PL1, legacy label)
  125 W -
• TDP (PL2)
  228 W / 56 s -

Architecture, interfaces, additional instructions supported by Intel Core i9-12900KF and Samsung Exynos 1080, virtual machine technologies and process technology.

• Architecture
  Alder Lake S Cortex-A78/-A78/-A55
• Instruction set (ISA)
  x86-64 (64 bit) ARMv8-A64 (64 bit)
• ISA extensions
  SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ -
• L2-Cache
  3.75 MB -
• L3-Cache
  30 MB -
• Part Number
  BX8071512900KF -
• Release date
  Q4/2021 Q4/2020
• Socket
  LGA 1700 -
• Technology
  10 nm 5 nm
• Virtualization
  VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d None