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Intel logo Core i9-9900X
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General information Core i9-9900X Core i5-12600
Launched Q4 2018 Q1 2022
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1700
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Alder Lake
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 6.3 % 4.8 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 12 40 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 165 W 0 % 65 W 60.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 10 nm 28.6 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 48 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 1 MB
6 × 1.25 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 19.25 MB
1 × 18 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-9900X Core i5-12600
Overall Score 61273 0 % 60912 0.6 %
Future Proof 68 % 20.9 % 86 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 14096 0 % 13766 2.3 %
Single Thread Score 2571.7 32.5 % 3812.4 0 %
Encrypting Data 7866.6 MB/s 38.1 % 12714.5 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 315.1 MB/s 0 % 249.7 MB/s 20.7 %
String objects sorting 41190.4 thousand/s 0 % 24589.2 thousand/s 40.3 %
Prime numbers generation 84.3 millions/s 0 % 84 millions/s 0.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 72619.1 millions/s 0 % 65812 millions/s 9.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 45447.2 millions/s 12 % 51652 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-9900X, Core i5-12600.

Average frames per second Core i9-9900X Core i5-12600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 136.7 FPS 135.6 FPS
High settings 218.7 FPS 216.9 FPS
Medium settings 273.4 FPS 271.2 FPS
Low settings 341.7 FPS 339.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.8 %

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 i9-9900X Core i5-12600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.5 FPS 157.9 FPS
High settings 253.6 FPS 252.6 FPS
Medium settings 317.0 FPS 315.8 FPS
Low settings 396.2 FPS 394.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.4 %
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