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Intel logo Core i9-12900
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General information Core i9-12900 Core i7-7820X
Launched Q1 2022 Q2 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Alder Lake Skylake-X
Clock 2.4 GHz 33.3 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.1 GHz 0 % 4.3 GHz 15.7 %
Cores 16 0 % 8 50 %
Threads 24 0 % 16 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 53.6 % 140 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 28.6 % 14 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
8 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
1 × 11 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-12900 Core i7-7820X
Overall Score 68643 0 % 57742 15.9 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 59 % 31.4 %
Benchmark Score 22202 0 % 11116 49.9 %
Single Thread Score 4086.5 0 % 2531.1 38.1 %
Encrypting Data 23949.1 MB/s 0 % 5977 MB/s 75 %
Compressing Data 410.7 MB/s 0 % 250.8 MB/s 38.9 %
String objects sorting 45347.6 thousand/s 0 % 32256 thousand/s 28.9 %
Prime numbers generation 123.8 millions/s 0 % 61.5 millions/s 50.3 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 128529 millions/s 0 % 56348.8 millions/s 56.2 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 93565.5 millions/s 0 % 35089.6 millions/s 62.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900, Core i7-7820X.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900 Core i7-7820X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.6 FPS 126.2 FPS
High settings 253.7 FPS 202.0 FPS
Medium settings 317.2 FPS 252.4 FPS
Low settings 396.5 FPS 315.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 20.4 %

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 i7-7820X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.5 FPS 152.3 FPS
High settings 274.4 FPS 243.7 FPS
Medium settings 343.0 FPS 304.6 FPS
Low settings 428.8 FPS 380.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 11.2 %
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