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Intel logo Core i9-12900K
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General information Core i9-12900K Core i5-9500F
Launched Q4 2021 Q3 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA1151-2
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Alder Lake Coffee Lake Refresh
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 3 GHz 6.3 %
Turbo Clock 5.2 GHz 0 % 4.4 GHz 15.4 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 24 0 % 6 75 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 241 W 0 % 65 W 73 %
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
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
6 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
1 × 9 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-12900K Core i5-9500F
Overall Score 71916 0 % 50462 29.8 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 72 % 15.3 %
Benchmark Score 26749 0 % 6484 75.8 %
Single Thread Score 4197 0 % 2618.8 37.6 %
Encrypting Data 29840.5 MB/s 0 % 3068.3 MB/s 89.7 %
Compressing Data 526.4 MB/s 0 % 135.9 MB/s 74.2 %
String objects sorting 57899.4 thousand/s 0 % 17542 thousand/s 69.7 %
Prime numbers generation 147 millions/s 0 % 40 millions/s 72.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 139060 millions/s 0 % 27329 millions/s 80.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 105061 millions/s 0 % 23551.8 millions/s 77.6 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900K, Core i5-9500F.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900K Core i5-9500F
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.3 FPS 104.6 FPS
High settings 269.4 FPS 167.3 FPS
Medium settings 336.7 FPS 209.2 FPS
Low settings 420.9 FPS 261.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.9 %

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 i5-9500F
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 177.2 FPS 139.5 FPS
High settings 283.5 FPS 223.1 FPS
Medium settings 354.4 FPS 278.9 FPS
Low settings 443.0 FPS 348.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.3 %
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