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Intel logo Core i9-12900KS
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General information Core i9-12900KS Core i7-8700K
Launched Q2 2022 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1700 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Alder Lake Coffee Lake
Clock 3.4 GHz 8.1 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.5 GHz 0 % 4.7 GHz 14.5 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 24 0 % 12 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 95 W 36.7 %
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
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
1 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 630
Performance Core i9-12900KS Core i7-8700K
Overall Score 73054 0 % 54501 25.4 %
Future Proof 88 % 0 % 62 % 29.5 %
Benchmark Score 28483 0 % 8823 69 %
Single Thread Score 4333.6 0 % 2740.2 36.8 %
Encrypting Data 31860.5 MB/s 0 % 4834.3 MB/s 84.8 %
Compressing Data 558.5 MB/s 0 % 194.6 MB/s 65.2 %
String objects sorting 61264.2 thousand/s 0 % 25443.8 thousand/s 58.5 %
Prime numbers generation 160.2 millions/s 0 % 38.6 millions/s 75.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 146672 millions/s 0 % 45978.9 millions/s 68.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 113080 millions/s 0 % 28333.8 millions/s 74.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900KS, Core i7-8700K.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900KS Core i7-8700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.8 FPS 116.6 FPS
High settings 274.8 FPS 186.6 FPS
Medium settings 343.5 FPS 233.3 FPS
Low settings 429.4 FPS 291.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 32.1 %

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 i9-12900KS Core i7-8700K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 179.2 FPS 146.6 FPS
High settings 286.8 FPS 234.6 FPS
Medium settings 358.5 FPS 293.2 FPS
Low settings 448.1 FPS 366.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.2 %
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