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General information Core i9-12900KS Ryzen 9 3950X
Launched Q2 2022 Q4 2019
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket LGA1700 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i9 AMD Ryzen 9
Core Family Name Alder Lake Matisse
Clock 3.4 GHz 2.9 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.5 GHz 0 % 4.7 GHz 14.5 %
Cores 16 0 % 16 0 %
Threads 24 25 % 32 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 105 W 30 %
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
16 × 32 kB Instruction
16 × 64 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
16 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
4 × 16 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-12900KS Ryzen 9 3950X
Overall Score 73275 0 % 70949 3.2 %
Future Proof 88 % 0 % 73 % 17 %
Benchmark Score 28828 0 % 25339 12.1 %
Single Thread Score 4354 0 % 2721.2 37.5 %
Encrypting Data 31518.8 MB/s 17.7 % 38309.3 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 560.7 MB/s 2.7 % 576.4 MB/s 0 %
String objects sorting 61876.1 thousand/s 2.6 % 63497.7 thousand/s 0 %
Prime numbers generation 160.5 millions/s 12.4 % 183.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 147798 millions/s 0 % 133472 millions/s 9.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 111964 millions/s 0 % 77975.9 millions/s 30.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900KS, Ryzen 9 3950X.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900KS Ryzen 9 3950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.8 FPS 164.8 FPS
High settings 274.8 FPS 263.7 FPS
Medium settings 343.5 FPS 329.7 FPS
Low settings 429.4 FPS 412.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 4 %

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 Ryzen 9 3950X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 179.5 FPS 175.4 FPS
High settings 287.1 FPS 280.6 FPS
Medium settings 358.9 FPS 350.7 FPS
Low settings 448.6 FPS 438.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.3 %
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