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General information Ryzen 9 5900X Core i5-12600K
Launched Q4 2020 Q4 2021
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory AMD Intel
Socket AM4 FCLGA1700
Series Name AMD Ryzen 9 Intel Core i5
Core Family Name Vermeer Alder Lake
Clock 3.7 GHz 0 % 3.7 GHz 0 %
Turbo Clock 4.8 GHz 2 % 4.9 GHz 0 %
Cores 12 0 % 10 16.7 %
Threads 24 0 % 16 33.3 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 105 W 30 % 150 W 0 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 7 nm 30 % 10 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 12 × 32 kB Instruction
12 × 32 kB Data
6 × 32 kB Instruction
6 × 48 kB Data
L2 Cache 12 × 512 kB
6 × 1.25 MB
L3 Cache 2 × 32 MB
1 × 20 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Performance Ryzen 9 5900X Core i5-12600K
Overall Score 70673 0 % 64825 8.3 %
Future Proof 79 % 7.1 % 85 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 24947 0 % 17659 29.2 %
Single Thread Score 3464.1 12.5 % 3960.9 0 %
Encrypting Data 31493.8 MB/s 0 % 18722.6 MB/s 40.6 %
Compressing Data 487.9 MB/s 0 % 336.5 MB/s 31 %
String objects sorting 51643 thousand/s 0 % 35699.6 thousand/s 30.9 %
Prime numbers generation 256.5 millions/s 0 % 93.4 millions/s 63.6 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 142056 millions/s 0 % 88421.4 millions/s 37.8 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 77680.2 millions/s 0 % 68063.2 millions/s 12.4 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Ryzen 9 5900X, Core i5-12600K.

Average frames per second Ryzen 9 5900X Core i5-12600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 165.4 FPS 147.9 FPS
High settings 264.6 FPS 236.7 FPS
Medium settings 330.7 FPS 295.9 FPS
Low settings 413.4 FPS 369.9 FPS
Difference 0 % 10.5 %

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 Ryzen 9 5900X Core i5-12600K
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 177.0 FPS 166.4 FPS
High settings 283.2 FPS 266.2 FPS
Medium settings 353.9 FPS 332.8 FPS
Low settings 442.4 FPS 416.0 FPS
Difference 0 % 6 %
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