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Intel logo Core i7-6900K
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Intel logo Core i3-12100F

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General information Core i7-6900K Core i3-12100F
Launched Q2 2016 Q1 2022
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2011-3 FCLGA1700
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Broadwell-E Alder Lake
Clock 3.2 GHz 3 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4 GHz 7 % 4.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 8 0 % 4 50 %
Threads 16 0 % 8 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 58 W 58.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 10 nm 28.6 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 48 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 256 kB
4 × 1.25 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i7-6900K Core i3-12100F
Overall Score 55285 0 % 54991 0.5 %
Future Proof 53 % 38.4 % 86 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 9342 0 % 9144 2.1 %
Single Thread Score 2324 32.7 % 3453.1 0 %
Encrypting Data 4080.3 MB/s 49.7 % 8112.7 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 218.9 MB/s 0 % 158.2 MB/s 27.7 %
String objects sorting 28904.4 thousand/s 0 % 15841.8 thousand/s 45.2 %
Prime numbers generation 63.9 millions/s 0 % 61.9 millions/s 3.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 51627.9 millions/s 0 % 41498.5 millions/s 19.6 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 33123.4 millions/s 0 % 32017.4 millions/s 3.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-6900K, Core i3-12100F.

Average frames per second Core i7-6900K Core i3-12100F
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 118.9 FPS 118.0 FPS
High settings 190.3 FPS 188.8 FPS
Medium settings 237.8 FPS 236.1 FPS
Low settings 297.3 FPS 295.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.7 %

Grand Theft Auto V Frames per second

Comparison of FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) in game 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Grand Theft Auto V.

Grand Theft Auto V Core i7-6900K Core i3-12100F
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 147.9 FPS 147.4 FPS
High settings 236.7 FPS 235.9 FPS
Medium settings 295.8 FPS 294.8 FPS
Low settings 369.8 FPS 368.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.3 %
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