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Intel logo Core i9-12900KF
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General information Core i9-12900KF 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
Performance Core i9-12900KF Core i3-8100
Overall Score 71818 0 % 44604 37.9 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 62 % 27.1 %
Benchmark Score 26604 0 % 3958 85.1 %
Single Thread Score 4167 0 % 2232.1 46.4 %
Encrypting Data 29844.5 MB/s 0 % 1813.9 MB/s 93.9 %
Compressing Data 527.4 MB/s 0 % 81.3 MB/s 84.6 %
String objects sorting 57046.7 thousand/s 0 % 10368.3 thousand/s 81.8 %
Prime numbers generation 143.1 millions/s 0 % 27.8 millions/s 80.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 139336 millions/s 0 % 16213.5 millions/s 88.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 106795 millions/s 0 % 13891.1 millions/s 87 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Core i9-12900KF Core i3-8100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.1 FPS 87.2 FPS
High settings 268.9 FPS 139.5 FPS
Medium settings 336.1 FPS 174.4 FPS
Low settings 420.1 FPS 218.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 48.1 %

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 i9-12900KF Core i3-8100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 177.1 FPS 129.2 FPS
High settings 283.4 FPS 206.7 FPS
Medium settings 354.2 FPS 258.4 FPS
Low settings 442.8 FPS 322.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 27.1 %
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