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Intel logo Core i9-12900F
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General information Core i9-12900F Core i7-6700K
Launched Q1 2022 Q3 2015
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA1151
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Alder Lake Skylake-S
Clock 2.4 GHz 40 % 4 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.1 GHz 0 % 4.2 GHz 17.6 %
Cores 16 0 % 4 75 %
Threads 24 0 % 8 66.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 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 × 8 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-12900F Core i7-6700K
Overall Score 69926 0 % 49017 29.9 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 49 % 43 %
Benchmark Score 23909 0 % 5773 75.9 %
Single Thread Score 4094.4 0 % 2486.5 39.3 %
Encrypting Data 25980 MB/s 0 % 3039.7 MB/s 88.3 %
Compressing Data 453.7 MB/s 0 % 121.6 MB/s 73.2 %
String objects sorting 50796.1 thousand/s 0 % 15975 thousand/s 68.6 %
Prime numbers generation 131.5 millions/s 0 % 30 millions/s 77.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 130940 millions/s 0 % 28251.6 millions/s 78.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 97264.5 millions/s 0 % 17396.4 millions/s 82.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900F, Core i7-6700K.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900F Core i7-6700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 162.4 FPS 100.3 FPS
High settings 259.8 FPS 160.5 FPS
Medium settings 324.7 FPS 200.6 FPS
Low settings 405.9 FPS 250.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 38.2 %

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 i9-12900F Core i7-6700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 173.7 FPS 136.8 FPS
High settings 277.9 FPS 218.9 FPS
Medium settings 347.4 FPS 273.6 FPS
Low settings 434.2 FPS 342.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.2 %
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