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General information Core i7-12700K Core i9-12900
Launched Q4 2021 Q1 2022
Used in Desktop Desktop
Factory Intel Intel
Socket FCLGA1700 FCLGA1700
Series Name Intel Core i7 Intel Core i9
Core Family Name Alder Lake Alder Lake
Clock 3.6 GHz 0 % 2.4 GHz 33.3 %
Turbo Clock 5 GHz 2 % 5.1 GHz 0 %
Cores 12 25 % 16 0 %
Threads 20 16.7 % 24 0 %
Thermal Design Power (TDP) 190 W 0 % 65 W 65.8 %
Maximum supported RAM 128 GB 0 % 128 GB 0 %
Lithography 10 nm 0 % 10 nm 0 %
L1 Cache 8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
8 × 32 kB Instruction
8 × 48 kB Data
L2 Cache 8 × 1.25 MB
8 × 1.25 MB
L3 Cache 1 × 25 MB
1 × 30 MB
ECC Supported No No
Multithreading Supported Yes Yes
Integrated GPU Intel UHD Graphics 770 Intel UHD Graphics 770
Performance Core i7-12700K Core i9-12900
Overall Score 68967 0 % 68822 0.2 %
Future Proof 85 % 1.2 % 86 % 0 %
Benchmark Score 22623 0 % 22434 0.8 %
Single Thread Score 4008.7 1.3 % 4062.2 0 %
Encrypting Data 23612.1 MB/s 0 % 23573.9 MB/s 0.2 %
Compressing Data 442.7 MB/s 0 % 406.2 MB/s 8.3 %
String objects sorting 46151 thousand/s 0 % 45348.9 thousand/s 1.7 %
Prime numbers generation 115 millions/s 7.8 % 124.7 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (integer) 114775 millions/s 11.7 % 129998 millions/s 0 %
Mathemathic operations (float) 88532.4 millions/s 5.5 % 93686.1 millions/s 0 %

Comparison of average FPS

Comparison of average FPS count by settings on resolution 1920 × 1080 (FHD (1080p)) for Core i7-12700K, Core i9-12900.

Average frames per second Core i7-12700K Core i9-12900
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 159.0 FPS 158.5 FPS
High settings 254.3 FPS 253.6 FPS
Medium settings 317.9 FPS 317.1 FPS
Low settings 397.4 FPS 396.3 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.3 %

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 i7-12700K Core i9-12900
Screen resolution: 1920 × 1080 pixels   Change
Ultra settings 171.9 FPS 171.6 FPS
High settings 275.0 FPS 274.6 FPS
Medium settings 343.7 FPS 343.3 FPS
Low settings 429.6 FPS 429.1 FPS
Difference 0 % 0.1 %
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