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General information Core i9-12900K Core i3-8100
Launched Q4 2021 Q4 2017
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Alder Lake Coffee Lake
Clock 3.2 GHz 11.1 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 4 75 %
Threads 24 0 % 4 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 241 W 0 % 65 W 73 %
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 Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 630
Performance Core i9-12900K Core i3-8100
Overall Score 71914 0 % 44604 38 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 62 % 27.1 %
Benchmark Score 26745 0 % 3958 85.2 %
Single Thread Score 4201.2 0 % 2229.9 46.9 %
Encrypting Data 29898.8 MB/s 0 % 1807.6 MB/s 94 %
Compressing Data 529 MB/s 0 % 81.4 MB/s 84.6 %
String objects sorting 56806.2 thousand/s 0 % 10337.4 thousand/s 81.8 %
Prime numbers generation 147.1 millions/s 0 % 28.3 millions/s 80.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 138088 millions/s 0 % 16148.3 millions/s 88.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 104849 millions/s 0 % 13766.7 millions/s 86.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900K, Core i3-8100.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900K Core i3-8100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.3 FPS 87.2 FPS
High settings 269.3 FPS 139.5 FPS
Medium settings 336.7 FPS 174.4 FPS
Low settings 420.9 FPS 218.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 48.2 %

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 i9-12900K Core i3-8100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 177.5 FPS 129.3 FPS
High settings 284.0 FPS 206.8 FPS
Medium settings 355.0 FPS 258.5 FPS
Low settings 443.7 FPS 323.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.2 %
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