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Intel logo Core i9-12900F
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General information Core i9-12900F Core i5-6500
Launched Q1 2022 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Alder Lake Skylake-S
Clock 2.4 GHz 25 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.1 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 29.4 %
Cores 16 0 % 4 75 %
Threads 24 0 % 4 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 65 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 64 GB 50 %
Lithography 10 nm 28.6 % 14 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 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-12900F Core i5-6500
Overall Score 69926 0 % 43679 37.5 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 49 % 43 %
Benchmark Score 23909 0 % 3640 84.8 %
Single Thread Score 4078.1 0 % 2114.2 48.2 %
Encrypting Data 25720.2 MB/s 0 % 1654 MB/s 93.6 %
Compressing Data 453.7 MB/s 0 % 74.6 MB/s 83.6 %
String objects sorting 50393.3 thousand/s 0 % 9453.5 thousand/s 81.2 %
Prime numbers generation 130.2 millions/s 0 % 27.8 millions/s 78.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 130416 millions/s 0 % 14562.7 millions/s 88.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 97264.5 millions/s 0 % 12392.7 millions/s 87.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900F, Core i5-6500.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900F Core i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 162.4 FPS 84.4 FPS
High settings 259.9 FPS 135.1 FPS
Medium settings 324.9 FPS 168.8 FPS
Low settings 406.1 FPS 211.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 48 %

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 i5-6500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 173.6 FPS 127.4 FPS
High settings 277.8 FPS 203.9 FPS
Medium settings 347.2 FPS 254.8 FPS
Low settings 434.0 FPS 318.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 26.6 %
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