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General information Core i9-12900K Core2 Duo E8300
Launched Q4 2021 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core 2 Duo
Core Family Name Alder Lake Wolfdale
Clock 3.2 GHz 0 % 2.8 GHz 12.5 %
Cores 16 0 % 2 87.5 %
Threads 24 0 % 2 91.7 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 241 W 0 % 65 W 73 %
Lithography 10 nm 77.8 % 45 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
1 × 6 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-12900K Core2 Duo E8300
Overall Score 71915 0 % 28335 60.6 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 10 % 88.2 %
Benchmark Score 26748 0 % 645 97.6 %
Single Thread Score 4147 0 % 1077.2 74 %
Encrypting Data 29605.9 MB/s 0 % 1460.1 MB/s 95.1 %
Compressing Data 528.5 MB/s 0 % 19.3 MB/s 96.3 %
String objects sorting 56864.6 thousand/s 0 % 2885.8 thousand/s 94.9 %
Prime numbers generation 146.8 millions/s 0 % 8 millions/s 94.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 139356 millions/s 0 % 4357.5 millions/s 96.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 105915 millions/s 0 % 2430 millions/s 97.7 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900K, Core2 Duo E8300.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900K Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.3 FPS 39.5 FPS
High settings 269.4 FPS 63.2 FPS
Medium settings 336.7 FPS 79.0 FPS
Low settings 420.9 FPS 98.8 FPS
Difference 0 % 76.5 %

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 Core2 Duo E8300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 177.3 FPS 100.5 FPS
High settings 283.6 FPS 160.9 FPS
Medium settings 354.5 FPS 201.1 FPS
Low settings 443.1 FPS 251.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 43.3 %
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