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General information Core i9-12900KS Core i3-3250
Launched Q2 2022 Q1 2013
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket LGA1700 LGA1155
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i3
Core Family Name Alder Lake Ivy Bridge
Clock 3.4 GHz 2.9 % 3.5 GHz 0 %
Cores 16 0 % 2 87.5 %
Threads 24 0 % 4 83.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 150 W 0 % 55 W 63.3 %
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 Yes
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel HD Graphics 2500
Performance Core i9-12900KS Core i3-3250
Overall Score 73057 0 % 35436 51.5 %
Future Proof 88 % 0 % 34 % 61.4 %
Benchmark Score 28486 0 % 1577 94.5 %
Single Thread Score 4351 0 % 1830.8 57.9 %
Encrypting Data 31736.7 MB/s 0 % 3611.6 MB/s 88.6 %
Compressing Data 558.6 MB/s 0 % 48.1 MB/s 91.4 %
String objects sorting 61579.3 thousand/s 0 % 6720.8 thousand/s 89.1 %
Prime numbers generation 159.7 millions/s 0 % 14 millions/s 91.2 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 148593 millions/s 0 % 10767.2 millions/s 92.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 112405 millions/s 0 % 5475.7 millions/s 95.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900KS, Core i3-3250.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900KS Core i3-3250
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.7 FPS 60.0 FPS
High settings 274.7 FPS 95.9 FPS
Medium settings 343.4 FPS 119.9 FPS
Low settings 429.2 FPS 149.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 65.1 %

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 Core i3-3250
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 179.3 FPS 113.0 FPS
High settings 286.9 FPS 180.9 FPS
Medium settings 358.6 FPS 226.1 FPS
Low settings 448.3 FPS 282.6 FPS
Difference 0 % 37 %
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