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General information Core i9-12900K Core i3-3225
Launched Q4 2021 Q3 2012
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Alder Lake Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.2 GHz 3 % 3.3 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 2 87.5 %
Threads 24 0 % 4 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 241 W 0 % 55 W 77.2 %
Lithography 10 nm 54.5 % 22 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 × 3 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel HD Graphics 4000
Performance Core i9-12900K Core i3-3225
Overall Score 71919 0 % 34655 51.8 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 31 % 63.5 %
Benchmark Score 26752 0 % 1442 94.6 %
Single Thread Score 4196 0 % 1688.2 59.8 %
Encrypting Data 29400 MB/s 0 % 3266.9 MB/s 88.9 %
Compressing Data 522.2 MB/s 0 % 44.1 MB/s 91.6 %
String objects sorting 57204.9 thousand/s 0 % 6187.2 thousand/s 89.2 %
Prime numbers generation 147.9 millions/s 0 % 14 millions/s 90.5 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 138259 millions/s 0 % 9806 millions/s 92.9 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 105920 millions/s 0 % 5101 millions/s 95.2 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900K, Core i3-3225.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900K Core i3-3225
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.4 FPS 57.7 FPS
High settings 269.4 FPS 92.3 FPS
Medium settings 336.7 FPS 115.4 FPS
Low settings 420.9 FPS 144.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 65.7 %

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 Core i3-3225
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 177.3 FPS 111.7 FPS
High settings 283.6 FPS 178.7 FPS
Medium settings 354.5 FPS 223.4 FPS
Low settings 443.2 FPS 279.2 FPS
Difference 0 % 37 %
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