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Intel logo Core i9-12900K
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General information Core i9-12900K Ryzen 9 3900X
Launched Q4 2021 Q3 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket FCLGA1700 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i9 AMD Ryzen 9
Core Family Name Alder Lake Matisse
Clock 3.2 GHz 15.8 % 3.8 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.2 GHz 0 % 4.6 GHz 11.5 %
Cores 16 0 % 12 25 %
Threads 24 0 % 24 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 241 W 0 % 105 W 56.4 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 0 % 7 nm 30 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
12 × 32 kB Instruction
12 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
12 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
4 × 16 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-12900K Ryzen 9 3900X
Overall Score 71917 0 % 67792 5.7 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 72 % 15.3 %
Benchmark Score 26750 0 % 21122 21 %
Single Thread Score 4173 0 % 2682.6 35.7 %
Encrypting Data 29507.9 MB/s 0 % 28938.1 MB/s 1.9 %
Compressing Data 523.6 MB/s 0 % 442.4 MB/s 15.5 %
String objects sorting 57912.6 thousand/s 0 % 48434.5 thousand/s 16.4 %
Prime numbers generation 147.7 millions/s 31.1 % 214.4 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 139445 millions/s 0 % 100428 millions/s 28 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 105054 millions/s 0 % 58386.3 millions/s 44.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900K, Ryzen 9 3900X.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900K Ryzen 9 3900X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.3 FPS 156.0 FPS
High settings 269.2 FPS 249.7 FPS
Medium settings 336.6 FPS 312.1 FPS
Low settings 420.7 FPS 390.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 7.3 %

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 Ryzen 9 3900X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 177.2 FPS 169.9 FPS
High settings 283.5 FPS 271.9 FPS
Medium settings 354.4 FPS 339.9 FPS
Low settings 443.0 FPS 424.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 4.1 %
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