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Intel logo Core i9-12900KF
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General information Core i9-12900KF Core i7-4960X
Launched Q4 2021 Q1 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 LGA2011
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i7 Extreme
Core Family Name Alder Lake Ivy Bridge-E
Clock 3.2 GHz 11.1 % 3.6 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.2 GHz 0 % 4 GHz 23.1 %
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 54.5 % 22 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 × 15 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-12900KF Core i7-4960X
Overall Score 71817 0 % 50541 29.6 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 34 % 60 %
Benchmark Score 26602 0 % 6525 75.5 %
Single Thread Score 4175.3 0 % 2088.3 50 %
Encrypting Data 29843.5 MB/s 0 % 2977 MB/s 90 %
Compressing Data 522.6 MB/s 0 % 162.7 MB/s 68.9 %
String objects sorting 57330.6 thousand/s 0 % 22852.9 thousand/s 60.1 %
Prime numbers generation 145 millions/s 0 % 48.3 millions/s 66.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 139475 millions/s 0 % 36731.8 millions/s 73.7 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 106051 millions/s 0 % 18551.4 millions/s 82.5 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900KF, Core i7-4960X.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900KF Core i7-4960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.0 FPS 104.8 FPS
High settings 268.9 FPS 167.7 FPS
Medium settings 336.1 FPS 209.6 FPS
Low settings 420.1 FPS 262.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 37.6 %

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 i9-12900KF Core i7-4960X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 177.0 FPS 139.6 FPS
High settings 283.2 FPS 223.4 FPS
Medium settings 353.9 FPS 279.2 FPS
Low settings 442.4 FPS 349.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 21.1 %
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