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Intel logo Core i9-11900K
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General information Core i9-11900K Core i5-12600
Launched Q1 2021 Q1 2022
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1200 LGA1700
Series Name Intel Core i9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Rocket Lake-S Alder Lake
Clock 3.5 GHz 0 % 3.3 GHz 5.7 %
Turbo Clock 5.2 GHz 0 % 4.8 GHz 7.7 %
Cores 8 0 % 6 25 %
Threads 16 0 % 12 25 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 125 W 0 % 65 W 48 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 14 nm 0 % 10 nm 28.6 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 48 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 512 kB
6 × 1.25 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 16 MB
1 × 18 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 750 Intel UHD Graphics 770
Performance Core i9-11900K Core i5-12600
Overall Score 63609 0 % 60906 4.2 %
Future Proof 81 % 5.8 % 86 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 16371 0 % 13761 15.9 %
Single Thread Score 3495.4 9.2 % 3849.6 0 %
Encrypting Data 16372.7 MB/s 0 % 12902.7 MB/s 21.2 %
Compressing Data 327.4 MB/s 0 % 249.1 MB/s 23.9 %
String objects sorting 38598.3 thousand/s 0 % 24487.5 thousand/s 36.6 %
Prime numbers generation 68.5 millions/s 18.2 % 83.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 90463.6 millions/s 0 % 65734 millions/s 27.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 53351.5 millions/s 0 % 51026.3 millions/s 4.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-11900K, Core i5-12600.

Average frames per second Core i9-11900K Core i5-12600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 143.7 FPS 135.6 FPS
High settings 229.9 FPS 217.0 FPS
Medium settings 287.4 FPS 271.3 FPS
Low settings 359.2 FPS 339.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 5.6 %

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 i9-11900K Core i5-12600
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 162.8 FPS 158.0 FPS
High settings 260.5 FPS 252.8 FPS
Medium settings 325.7 FPS 316.0 FPS
Low settings 407.1 FPS 395.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 3 %
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