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Intel logo Core i9-7900X
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General information Core i9-7900X Core i5-12500
Launched Q2 2017 Q1 2022
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA2066 LGA1700
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Skylake-X Alder Lake
Clock 3.3 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 9.1 %
Turbo Clock 4.5 GHz 2.2 % 4.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 12 40 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 140 W 0 % 65 W 53.6 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 10 nm 28.6 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 48 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 1 MB
6 × 1.25 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 13.75 MB
1 × 18 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-7900X Core i5-12500
Overall Score 60828 0 % 59894 1.5 %
Future Proof 59 % 31.4 % 86 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 13690 0 % 12869 6 %
Single Thread Score 2542.3 31 % 3684.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 7528.2 MB/s 37.8 % 12098.2 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 318.3 MB/s 0 % 232.7 MB/s 26.9 %
String objects sorting 41547.7 thousand/s 0 % 23195.3 thousand/s 44.2 %
Prime numbers generation 76.5 millions/s 0 % 75.5 millions/s 1.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 72322.4 millions/s 0 % 61645.5 millions/s 14.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 45093 millions/s 5.2 % 47578.4 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-7900X, Core i5-12500.

Average frames per second Core i9-7900X Core i5-12500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 135.4 FPS 132.6 FPS
High settings 216.7 FPS 212.2 FPS
Medium settings 270.8 FPS 265.2 FPS
Low settings 338.5 FPS 331.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.1 %

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 i9-7900X Core i5-12500
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 157.8 FPS 156.1 FPS
High settings 252.4 FPS 249.8 FPS
Medium settings 315.5 FPS 312.2 FPS
Low settings 394.4 FPS 390.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 1 %
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