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General information Core i9-12900F Core i3-540
Launched Q1 2022 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 2.4 GHz 22.6 % 3.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 2 87.5 %
Threads 24 0 % 4 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 11 % 73 W 0 %
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
Performance Core i9-12900F Core i3-540
Overall Score 69928 0 % 31563 54.9 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 17 % 80.2 %
Benchmark Score 23911 0 % 993 95.8 %
Single Thread Score 4098.5 0 % 1276.1 68.9 %
Encrypting Data 25772.2 MB/s 0 % 2284.4 MB/s 91.1 %
Compressing Data 456.4 MB/s 0 % 33.2 MB/s 92.7 %
String objects sorting 50040.9 thousand/s 0 % 4594.4 thousand/s 90.8 %
Prime numbers generation 131.9 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 92.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 130547 millions/s 0 % 7990.3 millions/s 93.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 97559.3 millions/s 0 % 3475.5 millions/s 96.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Core i9-12900F Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 162.4 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 259.8 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 324.8 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 405.9 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 70.1 %

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 i9-12900F Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 173.7 FPS 106.3 FPS
High settings 277.9 FPS 170.0 FPS
Medium settings 347.3 FPS 212.5 FPS
Low settings 434.2 FPS 265.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 38.8 %
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