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Intel logo Core i9-12900
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General information Core i9-12900 Core i5-6600T
Launched Q1 2022 Q4 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 11.1 % 2.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.1 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 31.4 %
Cores 16 0 % 4 75 %
Threads 24 0 % 4 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 0 % 35 W 46.2 %
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
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel HD Graphics 530
Performance Core i9-12900 Core i5-6600T
Overall Score 68648 0 % 43716 36.3 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 50 % 41.9 %
Benchmark Score 22208 0 % 3652 83.6 %
Single Thread Score 4087.5 0 % 2056.3 49.7 %
Encrypting Data 23984.9 MB/s 0 % 1667.2 MB/s 93 %
Compressing Data 405.7 MB/s 0 % 75.2 MB/s 81.5 %
String objects sorting 45084.4 thousand/s 0 % 9582.8 thousand/s 78.7 %
Prime numbers generation 123.4 millions/s 0 % 27.2 millions/s 77.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 129297 millions/s 0 % 15125.1 millions/s 88.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 93225.1 millions/s 0 % 12907 millions/s 86.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900, Core i5-6600T.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900 Core i5-6600T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.6 FPS 84.5 FPS
High settings 253.8 FPS 135.3 FPS
Medium settings 317.2 FPS 169.1 FPS
Low settings 396.5 FPS 211.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 46.7 %

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 i5-6600T
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.5 FPS 127.6 FPS
High settings 274.3 FPS 204.1 FPS
Medium settings 342.9 FPS 255.1 FPS
Low settings 428.6 FPS 318.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.6 %
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