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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: 128.12
Overall Rank:
367th fastest in multithreading out of 5477 CPUs
166th fastest in single threading out of 5477 CPUs
103rd fastest in out of 1484 Desktop CPUs
Last Price Change: $279.99 USD (2025-11-27)
| Integer Math | 129,439 MOps/Sec |
|---|---|
| Floating Point Math | 96,213 MOps/Sec |
| Find Prime Numbers | 127 Million Primes/Sec |
| Random String Sorting | 48,324 Thousand Strings/Sec |
| Data Encryption | 25,200 MBytes/Sec |
| Data Compression | 450,366 KBytes/Sec |
| Physics | 1,843 Frames/Sec |
| Extended Instructions | 28,134 Million Matrices/Sec |
| Single Thread | 4,023 MOps/Sec |
| Merchant | Price | Purchase |
|---|---|---|
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 | NA | CPU Not Available. See Other Models |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 58,547 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 58,358 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 38,953 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900F | 35,873 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 22,147 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 21,845 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 19,540 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 18,110 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 17,684 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 15,654 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 14,144 |
| Processor | CPU Mark / $Price | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 263.95 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 159.58 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 149.85 | |
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 136.48 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900F | 128.12 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 122.13 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 106.17 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 53.74 | |
| 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-14900K | 4,696 | |
| Intel Core i9-13900K | 4,601 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900F | 4,023 | |
| Apple M2 8 Core 3500 MHz | 3,890 | |
| Apple M1 Max 10 Core 3200 MHz | 3,833 | |
| Apple M1 8 Core 3200 MHz | 3,678 | |
| Intel Core i5-12400F | 3,487 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X | 3,467 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 5600X | 3,364 | |
| Intel Core i9-9900K @ 3.60GHz | 2,915 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 3600 | 2,561 |
| Baseline | CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| BL3112722 - Dec 06 2025 | 38905 | |
| BL3110301 - Dec 05 2025 | 32305 | |
| BL3105848 - Dec 04 2025 | 32293 | |
| BL3101108 - Dec 02 2025 | 37848 | |
| BL3100977 - Dec 02 2025 | 37989 |
| Processor | Average CPU Mark | |
|---|---|---|
| Intel Core i9-12900F | 35,873 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900K vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 41,172 (+14.8%) | |
| Intel Core i9-12900KF vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 40,837 (+13.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7700X vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 35,603 (-0.8%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7700 vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 34,397 (-4.1%) | |
| Intel Core i7-12700KF vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 34,051 (-5.1%) | |
| Intel Core i7-12700F vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 30,331 (-15.4%) | |
| Intel Core i7-12700 vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 30,054 (-16.2%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 8700G vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 31,663 (-11.7%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9700X vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 37,137 (+3.5%) | |
| Intel Core i7-14700F vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 41,442 (+15.5%) | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 5900X vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 38,953 (+8.6%) | |
| Intel Core i5-13600K vs Intel Core i9-12900F | 37,650 (+5.0%) |
| Processor | Relative Gaming Score | |
|---|---|---|
| AMD Ryzen 9 9900X3D | 12,441 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D | 12,126 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9950X3D | 11,255 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D | 10,797 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D | 10,509 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285K | 10,452 | |
| AMD Ryzen 5 7500X3D | 10,350 | |
| AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D | 10,270 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D | 9,778 | |
| AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX3D | 9,663 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 7 265K | 9,478 | |
| Intel Core Ultra 9 285 | 9,395 | |
| Intel Core i9-12900F | 4,818 |
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