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Core i9-12900 vs Core i7-13700KF

Core i9-12900 vs Core i7-13700KF: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Core i9-12900

2.4 GHz | 16-core

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Intel Core i9 (12. Generation) i9-12900 Hexadeca-Core (16 Core) 2,40 GHz Prozessor, Einzelhandelsverpackung

Buy for 525.06 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 1417 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Core i7-13700KF

3.4 GHz | 16-core

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Intel® Core™ i7-13700KF Desktop-Prozessor 16 Kerne (8 P-cores und 8 E-cores) 30 MB Cache, bis zu 5,4 GHz

Buy for 394.67 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 1417 minutes ago

Core i9-12900

2.4 GHz | 16-core

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Intel Core i9 (12. Generation) i9-12900 Hexadeca-Core (16 Core) 2,40 GHz Prozessor, Einzelhandelsverpackung

Buy for 525.06 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 1417 minutes ago

vs
FPS Winner

Core i7-13700KF

3.4 GHz | 16-core

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Intel® Core™ i7-13700KF Desktop-Prozessor 16 Kerne (8 P-cores und 8 E-cores) 30 MB Cache, bis zu 5,4 GHz

Buy for 394.67 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 1417 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short, we have a clear winner — Core i7-13700KF outperforms the more expensive Core i9-12900 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i7-13700KF is 266 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-12900.

Advantages of Core i9-12900

  • Consumes up to 48% less energy than Intel Core i7-13700KF - 65 vs 125 Watts
  • Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i7-13700KF doesn't have integrated graphics

Advantages of Core i7-13700KF

  • Performs up to 5% better in Far Cry 5 than Core i9-12900 - 253 vs 240 FPS
  • Up to 25% cheaper than Core i9-12900 - €394.67 vs €525.06
  • Up to 29% better value when playing Far Cry 5 than Core i9-12900 - €1.56 vs €2.19 per FPS
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Far Cry 5

Far Cry 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

240

95%

Value, €/FPS

€2.19/FPS

71%

Price, €

€525.06

75%

Intel Core i9 (12. Generation) i9-12900 Hexadeca-Core (16 Core) 2,40 GHz Prozessor, Einzelhandelsverpackung

Buy for 525.06 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 1417 minutes ago

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


FPS

253

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.56/FPS

100%

Price, €

€394.67

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel® Core™ i7-13700KF Desktop-Prozessor 16 Kerne (8 P-cores und 8 E-cores) 30 MB Cache, bis zu 5,4 GHz

Buy for 394.67 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 1417 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2473

86%

Multi-Core

13044

74%

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


Single-Core

2887

100%

Multi-Core

17606

100%

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo

Core i9-12900

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Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo

Core i7-13700KF

Jan 4th, 2022
Sep 27th, 2022
Core i9Core i7
Alder LakeRaptor Lake
Intel Socket 1700Intel Socket 1700
Desktop
Desktop
1616
2424
2.4 GHz
3.4 GHz
5.1 GHz
5.4 GHz
65 W
125 W
10 nm10 nm
24.0x
34.0x
UHD Graphics 770
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394.67

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Core i7-13700KF

394.67

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319

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313.15

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394.67

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168.3

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Core i7-13700KF

394.67

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Ryzen 5 5500

85.26

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394.67

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Ryzen 5 7600

198.8

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

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Ryzen 7 7800X3D

489

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394.67

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Ryzen 7 5800X

339

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Core i7-13700KF

394.67

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Core i7-12700K

273.11

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

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Core i7-14700K

398.73

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

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Ryzen 9 7900X

382.84

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Logo
Ryzen 5 5600

110.27

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 5700 Logo
Ryzen 7 5700

161.25

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

771.1

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

489

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

vs
Intel Core i9-12900K Logo
Core i9-12900K

467.41

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

1,014.81

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D Logo
Ryzen 7 5700X3D

238.77

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G Logo
Ryzen 7 5700G

171.73

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

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Intel Core i5-13400F Logo
Core i5-13400F

163.9

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

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Intel Core i5-12600KF Logo
Core i5-12600KF

202.51

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

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AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo
Ryzen 7 3700X
Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT Logo
Ryzen 5 5600GT
Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

vs
Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

199.76

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

vs
Intel Core i7-13700K Logo
Core i7-13700K

392.14

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

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Intel Core i9-14900KF Logo
Core i9-14900KF

468.37

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

vs
Intel Core i7-14700F Logo
Core i7-14700F
Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

vs
Intel Core i7-14700KF Logo
Core i7-14700KF

439.13

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

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Intel Core i3-12100F Logo
Core i3-12100F
Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

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AMD Ryzen 7 8700G Logo
Ryzen 7 8700G

639

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

vs
Intel Core i9-14900K Logo
Core i9-14900K

511

Intel Core i7-13700KF Logo
Core i7-13700KF

394.67

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X3D

1,169

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

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AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Logo
Ryzen 5 7600X
Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

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AMD Ryzen 5 5600X Logo
Ryzen 5 5600X

319

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X Logo
Ryzen 7 7700X

313.15

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X Logo
Ryzen 7 5700X

168.3

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

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AMD Ryzen 5 5500 Logo
Ryzen 5 5500

85.26

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 7600 Logo
Ryzen 5 7600

198.8

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D Logo
Ryzen 7 7800X3D

489

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X Logo
Ryzen 7 5800X

339

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
Intel Core i7-12700K Logo
Core i7-12700K

273.11

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

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Intel Core i7-14700K Logo
Core i7-14700K

398.73

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Logo
Ryzen 9 7900X

382.84

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 5600 Logo
Ryzen 5 5600

110.27

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 5700 Logo
Ryzen 7 5700

161.25

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

771.1

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5900X Logo
Ryzen 9 5900X

489

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
Intel Core i9-12900K Logo
Core i9-12900K

467.41

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5950X Logo
Ryzen 9 5950X

1,014.81

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D Logo
Ryzen 7 5700X3D

238.77

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 5700G Logo
Ryzen 7 5700G

171.73

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
Intel Core i5-13400F Logo
Core i5-13400F

163.9

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
Intel Core i5-12600KF Logo
Core i5-12600KF

202.51

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X Logo
Ryzen 7 3700X
Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
AMD Ryzen 5 5600GT Logo
Ryzen 5 5600GT
Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
Intel Core i5-12600K Logo
Core i5-12600K

199.76

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
Intel Core i7-13700K Logo
Core i7-13700K

392.14

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
Intel Core i9-14900KF Logo
Core i9-14900KF

468.37

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
Intel Core i7-14700F Logo
Core i7-14700F
Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

525.06

vs
Intel Core i7-14700KF Logo
Core i7-14700KF

439.13

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