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Intel logo Core i9-12900K
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General information Core i9-12900K Core i9-9980XE
Launched Q4 2021 Q4 2018
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 3.2 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 6.3 %
Turbo Clock 5.2 GHz 0 % 4.5 GHz 13.5 %
Cores 16 11.1 % 18 0 %
Threads 24 33.3 % 36 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 241 W 0 % 165 W 31.5 %
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
18 × 32 kB Instruction
18 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
18 × 1 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
1 × 24.75 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-12900K Core i9-9980XE
Overall Score 71914 0 % 67473 6.2 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 68 % 20 %
Benchmark Score 26745 0 % 20726 22.5 %
Single Thread Score 4198 0 % 2557.9 39.1 %
Encrypting Data 29895.8 MB/s 0 % 12235.1 MB/s 59.1 %
Compressing Data 523.7 MB/s 4.4 % 547.7 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 57441.4 thousand/s 17.2 % 69411 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 147 millions/s 0 % 117.8 millions/s 19.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 138072 millions/s 0 % 125137 millions/s 9.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 106330 millions/s 0 % 78450.8 millions/s 26.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900K, Core i9-9980XE.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900K Core i9-9980XE
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.3 FPS 155.1 FPS
High settings 269.3 FPS 248.1 FPS
Medium settings 336.7 FPS 310.2 FPS
Low settings 420.8 FPS 387.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.9 %

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 i9-9980XE
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 177.8 FPS 169.9 FPS
High settings 284.5 FPS 271.8 FPS
Medium settings 355.6 FPS 339.8 FPS
Low settings 444.5 FPS 424.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.4 %
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