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Intel logo Core i9-12900KS
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General information Core i9-12900KS Core i9-9960X
Launched Q2 2022 Q1 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1700 FCLGA2066
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Alder Lake Skylake-X
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 8.8 %
Turbo Clock 5.5 GHz 0 % 4.4 GHz 20 %
Cores 16 0 % 16 0 %
Threads 24 25 % 32 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 9.1 % 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 i9-12900KS Core i9-9960X
Overall Score 73062 0 % 66674 8.7 %
Future Proof 88 % 0 % 69 % 21.6 %
Benchmark Score 28495 0 % 19762 30.6 %
Single Thread Score 4312.8 0 % 2634.9 38.9 %
Encrypting Data 31963.7 MB/s 0 % 11469 MB/s 64.1 %
Compressing Data 552.5 MB/s 0 % 507.3 MB/s 8.2 %
String objects sorting 60921.9 thousand/s 5.5 % 64470.1 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 161.3 millions/s 0 % 112.7 millions/s 30.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 148612 millions/s 0 % 117743 millions/s 20.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 111069 millions/s 0 % 73566 millions/s 33.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Core i9-12900KS Core i9-9960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.7 FPS 152.8 FPS
High settings 274.7 FPS 244.4 FPS
Medium settings 343.4 FPS 305.5 FPS
Low settings 429.3 FPS 381.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 11 %

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 i9-9960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 179.2 FPS 167.9 FPS
High settings 286.7 FPS 268.7 FPS
Medium settings 358.4 FPS 335.9 FPS
Low settings 447.9 FPS 419.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 6.3 %
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