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Intel logo Core i9-12900KF
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General information Core i9-12900KF Core i5-10400
Launched Q4 2021 Q2 2020
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA1200
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Alder Lake Comet Lake
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.9 GHz 9.4 %
Turbo Clock 5.2 GHz 0 % 4.3 GHz 17.3 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 24 0 % 12 50 %
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 × 12 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-12900KF Core i5-10400
Overall Score 71818 0 % 52922 26.3 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 76 % 10.6 %
Benchmark Score 26604 0 % 7844 70.5 %
Single Thread Score 4167 0 % 2550.4 38.8 %
Encrypting Data 29844.5 MB/s 0 % 4161.8 MB/s 86.1 %
Compressing Data 527.4 MB/s 0 % 184.6 MB/s 65 %
String objects sorting 57046.7 thousand/s 0 % 23420.1 thousand/s 58.9 %
Prime numbers generation 143.1 millions/s 0 % 34.3 millions/s 76.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 139336 millions/s 0 % 41649.6 millions/s 70.1 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 106795 millions/s 0 % 26418.6 millions/s 75.3 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900KF, Core i5-10400.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900KF Core i5-10400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.1 FPS 111.9 FPS
High settings 268.9 FPS 179.0 FPS
Medium settings 336.1 FPS 223.8 FPS
Low settings 420.1 FPS 279.7 FPS
Difference 0 % 33.4 %

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 i9-12900KF Core i5-10400
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 177.1 FPS 143.8 FPS
High settings 283.4 FPS 230.2 FPS
Medium settings 354.2 FPS 287.7 FPS
Low settings 442.8 FPS 359.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.8 %
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