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Intel logo Core i9-12900K
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Intel logo Core i7-5820K

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General information Core i9-12900K Core i7-5820K
Launched Q4 2021 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 3.2 GHz 3 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.2 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 30.8 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 24 0 % 12 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 241 W 0 % 140 W 41.9 %
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 i9-12900K Core i7-5820K
Overall Score 71915 0 % 50223 30.2 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 43 % 49.4 %
Benchmark Score 26748 0 % 6362 76.2 %
Single Thread Score 4147 0 % 1986 52.1 %
Encrypting Data 29605.9 MB/s 0 % 2782.8 MB/s 90.6 %
Compressing Data 528.5 MB/s 0 % 143.6 MB/s 72.8 %
String objects sorting 56864.6 thousand/s 0 % 20887.2 thousand/s 63.3 %
Prime numbers generation 146.8 millions/s 0 % 46.2 millions/s 68.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 139356 millions/s 0 % 35848.8 millions/s 74.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 105915 millions/s 0 % 17871.2 millions/s 83.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900K, Core i7-5820K.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900K Core i7-5820K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.3 FPS 103.9 FPS
High settings 269.4 FPS 166.2 FPS
Medium settings 336.7 FPS 207.7 FPS
Low settings 420.9 FPS 259.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 38.3 %

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 Core i7-5820K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 177.3 FPS 139.1 FPS
High settings 283.6 FPS 222.5 FPS
Medium settings 354.5 FPS 278.1 FPS
Low settings 443.1 FPS 347.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.5 %
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