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Is the Intel Core i9-12900K Good for Gaming?
This is an old CPU that contains 16 Cores and 24 Threads. The Intel Core i9-12900K also has great single threaded performance that will serve well in games. Paired with a good videocard, is this CPU Good for Gaming? Yes, this is a high end chip that would be great for gaming. [More ...]
Description: Intel UHD Graphics 770
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA1700
Total Cores: 16 Cores, 24 Threads
Performance Cores: 8 Cores, 16 Threads, 3.2 GHz Base, 5.2 GHz Turbo
Efficient Cores: 8 Cores, 8 Threads, 2.4 GHz Base, 3.9 GHz Turbo
Typical TDP: 241 W
TDP Down: 125 W
Cache per CPU Package:
L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 32 KB
L1 Data Cache: 8 x 48 KB
L2 Cache: 8 x 1280 KB
L3 Cache: 30 MB
Cache per Eff. CPU Package:
Eff. L1 Instruction Cache: 8 x 64 KB
Eff. L1 Data Cache: 8 x 32 KB
Eff. L2 Cache: 2 x 2048 KB
Memory Support: Max. Memory Size: 128 GB (Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s, Up to DDR4 3200 MT/s, ECC Supported)
Other names: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900K, 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900K
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q4 2021
CPUmark/$Price: 169.41
Overall Rank:
232nd fastest in multithreading out of 5033 CPUs
80th fastest in single threading out of 5033 CPUs
62nd fastest in out of 1420 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $244.00 USD (2025-03-27)
| Integer Math | 139,247 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 105,669 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 148 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 57,147 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 29,666 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 538,714 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 2,238 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 33,755 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 4,144 MOps/Sec |
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| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,763 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,336 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,051 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,498 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,125 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,870 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,470 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,199 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,718 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,635 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,145 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 236.43 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 169.41 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 97.94 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.35 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | NA | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | NA | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | NA | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | NA |
| Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,612 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 4,144 | |
| Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,019 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,902 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,681 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,490 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,470 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,363 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,923 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,564 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL2512100 - Mar 27 2025 | 30786 | |
| BL2512060 - Mar 27 2025 | 39890 | |
| BL2512057 - Mar 27 2025 | 41793 | |
| BL2511760 - Mar 27 2025 | 43388 | |
| BL2510922 - Mar 27 2025 | 45462 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,336 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900KF vs Intel Core i9-12900K | 41,052 (-0.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7700 vs Intel Core i9-12900K | 34,506 (-16.5%) | |
| Intel Core i7-13700KF vs Intel Core i9-12900K | 46,370 (+12.2%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs Intel Core i9-12900K | 37,163 (-10.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-13600KF vs Intel Core i9-12900K | 37,585 (-9.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-13500 vs Intel Core i9-12900K | 31,588 (-23.6%) | |
| Intel Core i7-14700F vs Intel Core i9-12900K | 42,189 (+2.1%) | |
| Intel Core i5-14600KF vs Intel Core i9-12900K | 38,892 (-5.9%) | |
| Intel Core i5-14600K vs Intel Core i9-12900K | 38,623 (-6.6%) | |
| Intel Core i7-12700KF vs Intel Core i9-12900K | 34,169 (-17.3%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 8700G vs Intel Core i9-12900K | 31,583 (-23.6%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 8700F vs Intel Core i9-12900K | 31,537 (-23.7%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,188 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,337 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,855 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,610 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,538 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,297 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,825 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,707 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,522 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 5 235 | 9,445 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF | 9,397 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 9,292 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K | 5,487 |
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