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Intel logo Core i9-12900K
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General information Core i9-12900K Core i3-10100
Launched Q4 2021 Q2 2020
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA1200
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Alder Lake Comet Lake
Clock 3.2 GHz 11.1 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.2 GHz 0 % 4.3 GHz 17.3 %
Cores 16 0 % 4 75 %
Threads 24 0 % 8 66.7 %
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
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
4 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 630
Performance Core i9-12900K Core i3-10100
Overall Score 71915 0 % 48646 32.4 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 76 % 10.6 %
Benchmark Score 26748 0 % 5600 79.1 %
Single Thread Score 4147 0 % 2623.9 36.7 %
Encrypting Data 29605.9 MB/s 0 % 2908.5 MB/s 90.2 %
Compressing Data 528.5 MB/s 0 % 124.9 MB/s 76.4 %
String objects sorting 56864.6 thousand/s 0 % 16096.8 thousand/s 71.7 %
Prime numbers generation 146.8 millions/s 0 % 23.2 millions/s 84.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 139356 millions/s 0 % 28761 millions/s 79.4 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 105915 millions/s 0 % 18123.7 millions/s 82.9 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900K, Core i3-10100.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900K Core i3-10100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.3 FPS 99.2 FPS
High settings 269.4 FPS 158.7 FPS
Medium settings 336.7 FPS 198.4 FPS
Low settings 420.9 FPS 248.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 41.1 %

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 i3-10100
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 177.3 FPS 136.3 FPS
High settings 283.6 FPS 218.1 FPS
Medium settings 354.5 FPS 272.6 FPS
Low settings 443.1 FPS 340.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 23.1 %
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