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General information Core i9-12900 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
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel HD Graphics
Performance Core i9-12900 Core i3-540
Overall Score 68651 0 % 31563 54 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 17 % 80.2 %
Benchmark Score 22212 0 % 993 95.5 %
Single Thread Score 4026.7 0 % 1276.1 68.3 %
Encrypting Data 23916.6 MB/s 0 % 2284.4 MB/s 90.4 %
Compressing Data 409.5 MB/s 0 % 33.2 MB/s 91.9 %
String objects sorting 45233.7 thousand/s 0 % 4594.4 thousand/s 89.8 %
Prime numbers generation 124 millions/s 0 % 10 millions/s 91.9 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 128759 millions/s 0 % 7990.3 millions/s 93.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 92488 millions/s 0 % 3475.5 millions/s 96.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

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

Average frames per second Core i9-12900 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.6 FPS 48.6 FPS
High settings 253.8 FPS 77.7 FPS
Medium settings 317.2 FPS 97.1 FPS
Low settings 396.5 FPS 121.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 69.4 %

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 i9-12900 Core i3-540
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.4 FPS 106.3 FPS
High settings 274.3 FPS 170.0 FPS
Medium settings 342.8 FPS 212.5 FPS
Low settings 428.5 FPS 265.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 38 %
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