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Is the Intel Core i9-12900F Good for Gaming?
This is an old CPU that contains 16 Cores and 24 Threads. The Intel Core i9-12900F 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:
Class: Desktop
Socket: FCLGA1700
Total Cores: 16 Cores, 24 Threads
Performance Cores: 8 Cores, 16 Threads, 2.4 GHz Base, 5.1 GHz Turbo
Efficient Cores: 8 Cores, 8 Threads, 1.8 GHz Base, 3.8 GHz Turbo
Typical TDP: 65 W
TDP Up: 202 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)
Other names: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900F, 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900F
CPU First Seen on Charts: Q1 2022
CPUmark/$Price: 99.78
Overall Rank:
321st fastest in multithreading out of 5265 CPUs
143rd fastest in single threading out of 5265 CPUs
90th fastest in out of 1451 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $359.91 USD (2025-03-25)
Integer Math | 129,471 MOps/Sec |
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Floating Point Math | 96,428 MOps/Sec |
Find Prime Numbers | 127 Million Primes/Sec |
Random String Sorting | 48,498 Thousand Strings/Sec |
Data Encryption | 25,262 MBytes/Sec |
Data Compression | 451,693 KBytes/Sec |
Physics | 1,842 Frames/Sec |
Extended Instructions | 28,261 Million Matrices/Sec |
Single Thread | 4,016 MOps/Sec |
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Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,631 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 39,012 | |
Intel Core i9-12900F | 35,911 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 34,437 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,145 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,860 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,490 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,159 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,703 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,656 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,148 |
Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
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AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 228.16 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 175.41 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 151.21 | |
Intel Core i9-13900K | 136.77 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 136.62 | |
Intel Core i9-12900F | 99.78 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 84.20 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 49.35 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | NA | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | NA | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | NA |
Processor | Average Thread Rating | |
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Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,610 | |
Intel Core i9-12900F | 4,016 | |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 4,014 | |
Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,900 | |
Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,836 | |
Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,680 | |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,477 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,469 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,920 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,563 |
Baseline | CPU Mark | |
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BL2745861 - Jul 06 2025 | 31137 | |
BL2745300 - Jul 06 2025 | 3975 | |
BL2744428 - Jul 06 2025 | 23093 | |
BL2724279 - Jun 27 2025 | 36193 | |
BL2711059 - Jun 21 2025 | 31837 |
Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
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Intel Core i9-12900F | 35,911 | |
Intel Core i9-12900KS vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 43,733 (+21.8%) | |
Intel Core i9-12900K vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 41,279 (+14.9%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7700 vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 34,453 (-4.1%) | |
Intel Core i7-12700K vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 34,437 (-4.1%) | |
Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 30,229 (-15.8%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 34,232 (-4.7%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 31,691 (-11.8%) | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 37,188 (+3.6%) | |
Intel Core i7-13700 vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 36,396 (+1.4%) | |
Intel Core i9-12900 vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 33,673 (-6.2%) | |
Intel Core i7-14700F vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 41,762 (+16.3%) | |
Intel Core i7-14700 vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 41,630 (+15.9%) |
Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
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AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,433 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,146 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,286 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,836 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,572 | |
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,479 | |
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,276 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,909 | |
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,801 | |
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K | 9,644 | |
Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,532 | |
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,436 | |
Intel Core i9-12900F | 4,813 |