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Intel logo Core i9-12900
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General information Core i9-12900 Core i5-8600K
Launched Q1 2022 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Alder Lake Coffee Lake
Clock 2.4 GHz 33.3 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.1 GHz 0 % 4.3 GHz 15.7 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 24 0 % 6 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 31.6 % 95 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
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 630
Performance Core i9-12900 Core i5-8600K
Overall Score 68651 0 % 50677 26.2 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 62 % 27.9 %
Benchmark Score 22212 0 % 6595 70.3 %
Single Thread Score 4026.7 0 % 2611.2 35.2 %
Encrypting Data 23916.6 MB/s 0 % 3123.6 MB/s 86.9 %
Compressing Data 409.5 MB/s 0 % 139.2 MB/s 66 %
String objects sorting 45233.7 thousand/s 0 % 17490.9 thousand/s 61.3 %
Prime numbers generation 124 millions/s 0 % 42.3 millions/s 65.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 128759 millions/s 0 % 27927 millions/s 78.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 92488 millions/s 0 % 23930 millions/s 74.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900, Core i5-8600K.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900 Core i5-8600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.6 FPS 105.2 FPS
High settings 253.8 FPS 168.4 FPS
Medium settings 317.2 FPS 210.4 FPS
Low settings 396.5 FPS 263.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 33.7 %

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 i5-8600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.4 FPS 139.8 FPS
High settings 274.3 FPS 223.7 FPS
Medium settings 342.8 FPS 279.6 FPS
Low settings 428.5 FPS 349.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.4 %
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