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General information Core i9-12900 Core i7-970
Launched Q1 2022 Q3 2010
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA1366
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7
Core Family Name Alder Lake Gulftown
Clock 2.4 GHz 25 % 3.2 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.1 GHz 0 % 3.5 GHz 31.4 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 24 0 % 12 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 65 W 50 % 130 W 0 %
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 i9-12900 Core i7-970
Overall Score 68649 0 % 45369 33.9 %
Future Proof 86 % 0 % 20 % 76.7 %
Benchmark Score 22210 0 % 4237 80.9 %
Single Thread Score 4051 0 % 1453.8 64.1 %
Encrypting Data 23774 MB/s 0 % 2486 MB/s 89.5 %
Compressing Data 410.3 MB/s 0 % 110.8 MB/s 73 %
String objects sorting 45233.7 thousand/s 0 % 14955.2 thousand/s 66.9 %
Prime numbers generation 125.1 millions/s 0 % 29.1 millions/s 76.8 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 129663 millions/s 0 % 27589.2 millions/s 78.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 92301.7 millions/s 0 % 11674.5 millions/s 87.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900, Core i7-970.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900 Core i7-970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 158.6 FPS 89.4 FPS
High settings 253.8 FPS 143.1 FPS
Medium settings 317.2 FPS 178.9 FPS
Low settings 396.5 FPS 223.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 43.6 %

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 i7-970
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.8 FPS 130.6 FPS
High settings 274.8 FPS 208.9 FPS
Medium settings 343.5 FPS 261.1 FPS
Low settings 429.4 FPS 326.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 24 %
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