Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7900 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-12500 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900 is 375 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-12500.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900
- Performs up to 3% better in Resident Evil Village than Core i5-12500 - 320 vs 312 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12500 - 24 vs 12 threads
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12500
- Up to 20% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7900 - €284.65 vs €356.62
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Desktop • Jan 14th, 2023
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Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
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Single-Core
2311
81.8342776203966%
Multi-Core
9079
54.225646538852054%
AMD Ryzen 9 7900 | vs | Intel Core i5-12500 |
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Jan 14th, 2023 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
Ryzen 9 | Collection | Core i5 |
Raphael | Codename | Alder Lake |
AMD Socket AM5 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
12 | Cores | 6 |
24 | Threads | 12 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.0 GHz |
5.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 65 W |
5 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 30.0x |
Radeon Graphics | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |