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Intel logo Core i9-12900
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General information Core i9-12900 Core i9-9960X
Launched Q1 2022 Q1 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Alder Lake Skylake-X
Clock 2.4 GHz 22.6 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.1 GHz 0 % 4.4 GHz 13.7 %
Cores 16 0 % 16 0 %
Threads 24 25 % 32 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 60.6 % 165 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
16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
16 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
1 × 22 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-12900 Core i9-9960X
Overall Score 68648 0 % 66683 2.9 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 69 % 19.8 %
Benchmark Score 22208 0 % 19773 11 %
Single Thread Score 4025.7 0 % 2628.1 34.7 %
Encrypting Data 23725.5 MB/s 0 % 11425.2 MB/s 51.8 %
Compressing Data 410.4 MB/s 19.1 % 507.2 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 45381.1 thousand/s 30.6 % 65412.1 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 125 millions/s 0 % 112.2 millions/s 10.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 129790 millions/s 0 % 118009 millions/s 9.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 92401.8 millions/s 0 % 72568.9 millions/s 21.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900, Core i9-9960X.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900 Core i9-9960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.6 FPS 152.8 FPS
High settings 253.8 FPS 244.4 FPS
Medium settings 317.2 FPS 305.6 FPS
Low settings 396.5 FPS 381.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 3.7 %

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 i9-9960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 172.0 FPS 168.5 FPS
High settings 275.2 FPS 269.6 FPS
Medium settings 344.0 FPS 337.0 FPS
Low settings 429.9 FPS 421.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 2 %
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