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General information Core i9-12900KS Core2 Quad Q9300
Launched Q2 2022 Q4 2008
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1700 LGA775
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core 2 Quad
Core Family Name Alder Lake Yorkfield
Clock 3.4 GHz 0 % 2.5 GHz 26.5 %
Cores 16 0 % 4 75 %
Threads 24 0 % 4 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 95 W 36.7 %
Lithography 10 nm 77.8 % 45 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
4 × 32 kB Instruction
4 × 32 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
2 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes No
Performance Core i9-12900KS Core2 Quad Q9300
Overall Score 73053 0 % 33594 54 %
Future Proof 88 % 0 % 10 % 88.6 %
Benchmark Score 28481 0 % 1274 95.5 %
Single Thread Score 4372.8 0 % 1078.9 75.3 %
Encrypting Data 31604.9 MB/s 0 % 2931.2 MB/s 90.7 %
Compressing Data 557.5 MB/s 0 % 42.1 MB/s 92.4 %
String objects sorting 61501 thousand/s 0 % 5741.7 thousand/s 90.7 %
Prime numbers generation 158.6 millions/s 0 % 8.9 millions/s 94.4 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 149191 millions/s 0 % 9337.9 millions/s 93.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 113193 millions/s 0 % 5453.3 millions/s 95.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900KS, Core2 Quad Q9300.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900KS Core2 Quad Q9300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.7 FPS 54.6 FPS
High settings 274.7 FPS 87.3 FPS
Medium settings 343.4 FPS 109.2 FPS
Low settings 429.2 FPS 136.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 68.2 %

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 i9-12900KS Core2 Quad Q9300
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 179.3 FPS 109.7 FPS
High settings 286.8 FPS 175.5 FPS
Medium settings 358.5 FPS 219.4 FPS
Low settings 448.2 FPS 274.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 38.8 %
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