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Intel logo Core i9-12900K
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General information Core i9-12900K Ryzen 9 3950X
Launched Q4 2021 Q4 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket FCLGA1700 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i9 AMD Ryzen 9
Core Family Name Alder Lake Matisse
Clock 3.2 GHz 8.6 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.2 GHz 0 % 4.7 GHz 9.6 %
Cores 16 0 % 16 0 %
Threads 24 25 % 32 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 241 W 0 % 105 W 56.4 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 0 % 7 nm 30 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
16 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
4 × 16 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-12900K Ryzen 9 3950X
Overall Score 71920 0 % 70768 1.6 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 73 % 14.1 %
Benchmark Score 26754 0 % 25081 6.3 %
Single Thread Score 4153.3 0 % 2691.5 35.2 %
Encrypting Data 29707 MB/s 21.6 % 37885.8 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 523.7 MB/s 8.2 % 570.6 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 57125.6 thousand/s 11.3 % 64388.3 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 148.3 millions/s 19.1 % 183.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 140276 millions/s 0 % 133734 millions/s 4.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 106026 millions/s 0 % 77981.9 millions/s 26.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900K, Ryzen 9 3950X.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900K Ryzen 9 3950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.3 FPS 164.9 FPS
High settings 269.3 FPS 263.8 FPS
Medium settings 336.6 FPS 329.8 FPS
Low settings 420.7 FPS 412.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 2 %

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 i9-12900K Ryzen 9 3950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 177.3 FPS 175.2 FPS
High settings 283.6 FPS 280.4 FPS
Medium settings 354.5 FPS 350.5 FPS
Low settings 443.2 FPS 438.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 1.1 %
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