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General information Core i9-12900KF Core i7-980X
Launched Q4 2021 Q1 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Alder Lake Gulftown
Clock 3.2 GHz 3 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.2 GHz 0 % 3.6 GHz 30.8 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 24 0 % 12 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 241 W 0 % 130 W 46.1 %
Lithography 10 nm 68.8 % 32 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 i7-980X
Overall Score 71817 0 % 45837 36.2 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 17 % 80 %
Benchmark Score 26602 0 % 4414 83.4 %
Single Thread Score 4196.2 0 % 1528.5 63.6 %
Encrypting Data 29486.8 MB/s 0 % 2536.5 MB/s 91.4 %
Compressing Data 522.1 MB/s 0 % 113.2 MB/s 78.3 %
String objects sorting 57214.8 thousand/s 0 % 15593.8 thousand/s 72.7 %
Prime numbers generation 143.7 millions/s 0 % 32.9 millions/s 77.1 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 140167 millions/s 0 % 28199.2 millions/s 79.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 106474 millions/s 0 % 11904.2 millions/s 88.8 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900KF, Core i7-980X.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900KF Core i7-980X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.0 FPS 90.8 FPS
High settings 268.9 FPS 145.3 FPS
Medium settings 336.1 FPS 181.7 FPS
Low settings 420.1 FPS 227.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 45.9 %

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 i7-980X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 177.0 FPS 131.3 FPS
High settings 283.3 FPS 210.1 FPS
Medium settings 354.1 FPS 262.7 FPS
Low settings 442.6 FPS 328.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 25.8 %
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