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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-12900K on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 327 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-12900K.
Advantages of Core i9-12900K
- Consumes up to 26% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 125 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 9 7900X
- Performs up to 3% better in DOOM Eternal than Core i9-12900K - 556 vs 542 FPS
- Up to 18% cheaper than Core i9-12900K - €382.89 vs €467.41
- Up to 20% better value when playing DOOM Eternal than Core i9-12900K - €0.69 vs €0.86 per FPS
DOOM Eternal
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Nightmare
Intel Core i9-12900K 12. Generation Alder Lake 16-Core 3,2 GHz LGA 1700 Prozessor -BX8071512900K
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Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
556
100%
Value, €/FPS
€0.69/FPS
100%
Price, €
€382.89
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Prozessor, 12 Kerne/24 Threads, Zen 4 Architektur, 76 MB L3 Cache, 170 W TDP, bis zu X.X GHz Frequenz Boost, Sockel AMD 5, DDR5 und PCIe 5.0, Schwarz
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With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Nightmare
Core i9-12900K
Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021
Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-12900K | vs | Ryzen 9 7900X |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 4th, 2021 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
16 | Cores | 12 |
| 24 | Threads | 24 |
| 3.2 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.6 GHz |
125 W | TDP | 170 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 32.0x | Multiplier | 47.0x |
| UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
PC Builds Using Core i9-12900K or Ryzen 9 7900X
With selected game settings
287 FPS
€5.05/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1000 GB SSD
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€1,449
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329 FPS
€4.56/FPS
Radeon RX 7700 XT
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1000 GB SSD
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€1,499
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426 FPS
€4.96/FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XT
Core i9-12900K
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€2,111
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364 FPS
€4.88/FPS
Radeon RX 7800 XT
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,777
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416 FPS
€5.53/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€2,299
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486 FPS
€4.92/FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€2,389.9
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325 FPS
€5.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-12900K
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,909.9
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464 FPS
€5.44/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€2,524.9
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416 FPS
€5.31/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti SUPER
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€2,209.9
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329 FPS
€5.21/FPS
Radeon RX 7700 XT
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,714.9
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542 FPS
€6.98/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-12900K
32 GB, 2 TB HDD
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€3,784.9
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349 FPS
€7.98/FPS
GeForce RTX 3090
Core i9-12900K
64 GB, N/A Storage
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€2,784.08
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286 FPS
€5.98/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,709.9
In Stock
464 FPS
€5.73/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 SUPER
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€2,659.9
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339 FPS
€5.45/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,849
In Stock
397 FPS
€6.29/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 7900X
64 GB, N/A Storage
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€2,499
In Stock
556 FPS
€6.69/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€3,719.9
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556 FPS
€12.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 7900X
64 GB, 1.953125 TB SSD
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€7,008.49
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339 FPS
€5.47/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€1,854.9
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440 FPS
€4.92/FPS
Radeon RX 7900 XT
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, N/A Storage
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€2,164.9
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556 FPS
€6.79/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 7900X
16 GB, 2 TB HDD
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€3,777
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542 FPS
€7.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-12900K
32 GB, 2 TB HDD
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