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Intel logo Core i9-12900
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General information Core i9-12900 Core i7-5930K
Launched Q1 2022 Q3 2014
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA2011-v3
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Alder Lake Haswell-E
Clock 2.4 GHz 31.4 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.1 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 27.5 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 24 0 % 12 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 53.6 % 140 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 10 nm 54.5 % 22 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
1 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-12900 Core i7-5930K
Overall Score 68648 0 % 50826 26 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 43 % 50 %
Benchmark Score 22208 0 % 6673 70 %
Single Thread Score 4014.5 0 % 2033.7 49.3 %
Encrypting Data 23652.1 MB/s 0 % 2918.1 MB/s 87.7 %
Compressing Data 404.1 MB/s 0 % 153.3 MB/s 62.1 %
String objects sorting 45266.2 thousand/s 0 % 21938.1 thousand/s 51.5 %
Prime numbers generation 124.9 millions/s 0 % 47.7 millions/s 61.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 128135 millions/s 0 % 37314.1 millions/s 70.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 92480.1 millions/s 0 % 18615 millions/s 79.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900, Core i7-5930K.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900 Core i7-5930K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.6 FPS 105.7 FPS
High settings 253.8 FPS 169.1 FPS
Medium settings 317.2 FPS 211.3 FPS
Low settings 396.5 FPS 264.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 33.4 %

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 i9-12900 Core i7-5930K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.5 FPS 140.1 FPS
High settings 274.4 FPS 224.2 FPS
Medium settings 343.1 FPS 280.2 FPS
Low settings 428.8 FPS 350.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.3 %
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