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Intel logo Core i9-12900F
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General information Core i9-12900F Core i7-2600
Launched Q1 2022 Q4 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Alder Lake Sandy Bridge
Clock 2.4 GHz 29.4 % 3.4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.1 GHz 0 % 3.8 GHz 25.5 %
Cores 16 0 % 4 75 %
Threads 24 0 % 8 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 W 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 68.8 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
1 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-12900F Core i7-2600
Overall Score 69926 0 % 43113 38.3 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 21 % 75.6 %
Benchmark Score 23909 0 % 3455 85.5 %
Single Thread Score 4029.3 0 % 1741.7 56.8 %
Encrypting Data 25720.2 MB/s 0 % 1595.2 MB/s 93.8 %
Compressing Data 457.8 MB/s 0 % 88.1 MB/s 80.8 %
String objects sorting 50645.1 thousand/s 0 % 13186.3 thousand/s 74 %
Prime numbers generation 132 millions/s 0 % 23.8 millions/s 82 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 129631 millions/s 0 % 20661.4 millions/s 84.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 98836.5 millions/s 0 % 7711 millions/s 92.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900F, Core i7-2600.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900F Core i7-2600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 162.4 FPS 82.7 FPS
High settings 259.9 FPS 132.4 FPS
Medium settings 324.9 FPS 165.4 FPS
Low settings 406.1 FPS 206.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 49.1 %

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 i9-12900F Core i7-2600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 174.0 FPS 126.6 FPS
High settings 278.4 FPS 202.5 FPS
Medium settings 348.0 FPS 253.1 FPS
Low settings 435.0 FPS 316.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.3 %
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