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Intel logo Core i9-10900K
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General information Core i9-10900K Core i5-12400F
Launched Q2 2020 Q1 2022
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1200 FCLGA1700
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Comet Lake Alder Lake
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 32.4 %
Turbo Clock 5.3 GHz 0 % 4.4 GHz 17 %
Cores 10 0 % 6 40 %
Threads 20 0 % 12 40 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 0 % 65 W 48 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 10 nm 28.6 %
L1 Cache 10 × 32 kB Instruction
10 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 48 kB Data
L2 Cache 10 × 256 kB
6 × 1.25 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 20 MB
1 × 18 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-10900K Core i5-12400F
Overall Score 62054 0 % 59633 3.9 %
Future Proof 76 % 11.6 % 86 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 14828 0 % 12646 14.7 %
Single Thread Score 3136 10.9 % 3518 0 %
Encrypting Data 8158.2 MB/s 30.8 % 11791 MB/s 0 %
Compressing Data 368.9 MB/s 0 % 230.6 MB/s 37.5 %
String objects sorting 46953 thousand/s 0 % 22927.6 thousand/s 51.2 %
Prime numbers generation 64.4 millions/s 13.3 % 74.2 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 85639.6 millions/s 0 % 60815.7 millions/s 29 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 53512.4 millions/s 0 % 46877.1 millions/s 12.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-10900K, Core i5-12400F.

Average frames per second Core i9-10900K Core i5-12400F
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 139.0 FPS 131.8 FPS
High settings 222.4 FPS 210.9 FPS
Medium settings 278.0 FPS 263.6 FPS
Low settings 347.6 FPS 329.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.2 %

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 i9-10900K Core i5-12400F
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 160.1 FPS 155.8 FPS
High settings 256.1 FPS 249.3 FPS
Medium settings 320.2 FPS 311.6 FPS
Low settings 400.2 FPS 389.5 FPS
Difference 0 % 2.7 %
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