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General information Core i9-12900K Core i3-540
Launched Q4 2021 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA1156
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Alder Lake Clarkdale
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 3.1 GHz 3.1 %
Cores 16 0 % 2 87.5 %
Threads 24 0 % 4 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 241 W 0 % 73 W 69.7 %
Lithography 10 nm 68.8 % 32 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
2 × 32 kB Instruction
2 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
2 × 256 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
1 × 4 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel HD Graphics
Performance Core i9-12900K Core i3-540
Overall Score 71916 0 % 31563 56.1 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 17 % 80 %
Benchmark Score 26749 0 % 993 96.3 %
Single Thread Score 4197 0 % 1276.1 69.6 %
Encrypting Data 29840.5 MB/s 0 % 2284.4 MB/s 92.3 %
Compressing Data 526.4 MB/s 0 % 33.2 MB/s 93.7 %
String objects sorting 57899.4 thousand/s 0 % 4594.4 thousand/s 92.1 %
Prime numbers generation 147 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 93.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 139060 millions/s 0 % 7990.3 millions/s 94.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 105061 millions/s 0 % 3475.5 millions/s 96.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900K, Core i3-540.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900K Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.3 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 269.4 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 336.7 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 420.9 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 71.2 %

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 i9-12900K Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 177.2 FPS 106.3 FPS
High settings 283.5 FPS 170.0 FPS
Medium settings 354.4 FPS 212.5 FPS
Low settings 443.0 FPS 265.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 40 %
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