Key Differences
In short — Core i9-12900 outperforms the cheaper Athlon 3000G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Athlon 3000G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-12900 is 776 days newer than the cheaper Athlon 3000G.
Advantages of AMD Athlon 3000G
- Up to 89% cheaper than Core i9-12900 - €69.0 vs €629.0
- Up to 89% better value when playing Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands than Core i9-12900 - €0.37 vs €3.26 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i9-12900 - 35 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900
- Performs up to 2% better in Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon Wildlands than Athlon 3000G - 193 vs 189 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 3000G - 24 vs 4 threads
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Desktop • Nov 20th, 2019
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Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Athlon 3000G | vs | Intel Core i9-12900 |
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Nov 20th, 2019 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
Athlon | Collection | Core i9 |
Picasso | Codename | Alder Lake |
AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
2 | Cores | 16 |
4 | Threads | 24 |
3.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.4 GHz |
Non-Turbo | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.1 GHz |
35 W | TDP | 65 W |
14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
35.0x | Multiplier | 24.0x |
Radeon Vega 3 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
Yes | Overclockable | Yes |