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that's a very simple answer to a very complicated question. if you compare a single 12-track cell to it's 9T equivalent, yes, then 12T is faster.
but you shouldn't do this analysis on a cell by cell basis, you need a whole circuit synthesized with both libraries to figure out where the best trade-off sits. remember that 12-track libs will also have a 12-track like device cap to load to. the optimal trade-off is not always clear. in recent technologies like finfet 16n, the ratio of device cap to interconnect cap is very different from old planar CMOS. 7T is much better than 9T, believe it or not.
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