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General information Core i9-12900K Ryzen 5 5600X
Launched Q4 2021 Q4 2020
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel AMD
Socket FCLGA1700 AM4
Series Name Intel Core i9 AMD Ryzen 5
Core Family Name Alder Lake Vermeer
Clock 3.2 GHz 13.5 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 5.2 GHz 0 % 4.6 GHz 11.5 %
Cores 16 0 % 6 62.5 %
Threads 24 0 % 12 50 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 241 W 0 % 65 W 73 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 0 % 7 nm 30 %
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 × 512 kB
L3 Cache 1 × 30 MB
1 × 32 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Core i9-12900K Ryzen 5 5600X
Overall Score 71917 0 % 61354 14.7 %
Future Proof 85 % 0 % 79 % 7.1 %
Benchmark Score 26751 0 % 14171 47 %
Single Thread Score 4148 0 % 3347.6 19.3 %
Encrypting Data 29568.3 MB/s 0 % 15821.7 MB/s 46.5 %
Compressing Data 528.9 MB/s 0 % 245.4 MB/s 53.6 %
String objects sorting 57165.4 thousand/s 0 % 26384.6 thousand/s 53.8 %
Prime numbers generation 147.1 millions/s 0 % 129.9 millions/s 11.7 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 139303 millions/s 0 % 71959.5 millions/s 48.3 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 106324 millions/s 0 % 39231.4 millions/s 63.1 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i9-12900K, Ryzen 5 5600X.

Average frames per second Core i9-12900K Ryzen 5 5600X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 168.3 FPS 136.9 FPS
High settings 269.2 FPS 219.1 FPS
Medium settings 336.6 FPS 273.8 FPS
Low settings 420.7 FPS 342.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 18.6 %

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 i9-12900K Ryzen 5 5600X
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 177.2 FPS 158.5 FPS
High settings 283.5 FPS 253.7 FPS
Medium settings 354.4 FPS 317.1 FPS
Low settings 443.0 FPS 396.4 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.5 %
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