Core i9-12900KF vs Core i5-14500 - How Many FPS Canada

Prices and Stock
MSRP $564

Intel Core i9-12900KF Desktop Processor 16 (8P+8E) Cores up to 5.2 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W

Prices and Stock
MSRP $232

Intel Core i5-14500 Desktop Processor 14 cores (6 P-cores + 8 E-cores) up to 5.0 GHz

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-12900KF outperforms the cheaper Core i5-14500 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-14500 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-12900KF is 795 days older than the cheaper Core i5-14500.

Advantages of Core i9-12900KF

Performs up to 1% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Core i5-14500 - 212 vs 210 FPS
Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-14500 - 24 vs 20 threads

Advantages of Core i5-14500

Up to 15% cheaper than Core i9-12900KF - CA$339.00 vs CA$397.68
Up to 14% better value when playing Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Core i9-12900KF - CA$1.61 vs CA$1.88 per FPS
Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i9-12900KF doesn't have integrated graphics

This is a free version of Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0.

Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

Core i9-12900KF

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

FPS

212

100%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$1.88/FPS

86%

Price, CA$

CA$397.68

85%

FPS Winner

Intel Core i9-12900KF Desktop Processor 16 (8P+8E) Cores up to 5.2 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W

Buy for CA$397.68 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 349 minutes ago

Core i5-14500

Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024

FPS

210

99%

Value, CA$/FPS

CA$1.61/FPS

100%

Price, CA$

CA$339

100%

Value Winner

Intel Core i5-14500 Desktop Processor 14 cores (6 P-cores + 8 E-cores) up to 5.0 GHz

Buy for CA$339 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 349 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Extreme

Core i9-12900KF

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Core i5-14500

Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024

1920 x 1080

Ultra

184

FPS

186

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

1920 x 1080

Maximum

220

FPS

222

FPS

World of Warcraft

1920 x 1080

Ultra

690

FPS

700

FPS

Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege

1920 x 1080

Very High

321

FPS

333

FPS

League of Legends

1920 x 1080

High

795

FPS

803

FPS

Minecraft

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Core i9-12900KF

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Single-Core

2608

100%

Multi-Core

15118

100%

Core i5-14500

Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024

Single-Core

2538

97%

Multi-Core

13257

88%

Core i9-12900KF	vs	Core i5-14500
Nov 4th, 2021	Release Date	Jan 8th, 2024
Core i9	Collection	Core i5
Alder Lake	Codename	Raptor Lake
Intel Socket 1700	Socket	Intel Socket 1700
Desktop	Segment	Desktop
16	Cores	14
24	Threads	20
3.2 GHz	Base Clock Speed	2.6 GHz
5.2 GHz	Turbo Clock Speed	5.0 GHz
125 W	TDP	Not Available
10 nm	Process Size	10 nm
32.0x	Multiplier	26.0x
None	Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 770
Yes	Overclockable	No