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General information Core i9-12900KF 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 i9-12900KF Core i9-9980XE
Overall Score 71541 0 % 67209 6.1 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 68 % 20 %
Benchmark Score 26195 0 % 20404 22.1 %
Single Thread Score 4192 0 % 2578.4 38.5 %
Encrypting Data 29576.7 MB/s 0 % 12174.5 MB/s 58.8 %
Compressing Data 522 MB/s 3.2 % 539 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 57055.6 thousand/s 19 % 70458.5 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 144 millions/s 0 % 118.1 millions/s 18 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 137511 millions/s 0 % 125516 millions/s 8.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 106787 millions/s 0 % 78215 millions/s 26.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Core i9-12900KF Core i9-9980XE
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.0 FPS 155.0 FPS
High settings 268.8 FPS 248.1 FPS
Medium settings 335.9 FPS 310.1 FPS
Low settings 419.9 FPS 387.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.7 %

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 i9-12900KF Core i9-9980XE
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 178.3 FPS 170.5 FPS
High settings 285.4 FPS 272.8 FPS
Medium settings 356.7 FPS 341.0 FPS
Low settings 445.9 FPS 426.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.4 %
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