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Core i9-12900K vs Core i7-9700

Core i9-12900K vs Core i7-9700: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

FPS Winner

Intel Core i9-12900K

3.2 GHz | 16-core

Intel Core i9-12900K Logo
Aufrüst-Kit Intel Core i9-12900K, Gigabyte B760M, be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 Kühler, ohne Arbeitsspeicher, komplett fertig montiert und getestet

Buy for 559 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 78133 minutes ago

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Intel Core i7-9700

3.0 GHz | 8-core

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Intel Core i7-9700 Desktop-Prozessor 8 Kerne bis zu 4,7 GHz LGA1151 300 Series 65W

Buy for 265.7 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 78134 minutes ago

FPS Winner

Intel Core i9-12900K

3.2 GHz | 16-core

Intel Core i9-12900K Logo
Aufrüst-Kit Intel Core i9-12900K, Gigabyte B760M, be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 Kühler, ohne Arbeitsspeicher, komplett fertig montiert und getestet

Buy for 559 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 78133 minutes ago

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Intel Core i7-9700

3.0 GHz | 8-core

Intel Core i7-9700 Logo
Intel Core i7-9700 Desktop-Prozessor 8 Kerne bis zu 4,7 GHz LGA1151 300 Series 65W

Buy for 265.7 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 78134 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-12900K outperforms the cheaper Core i7-9700 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-12900K is 926 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-9700.

Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900K

  • Performs up to 12% better in Borderlands 3 than Core i7-9700 - 250 vs 223 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-9700 - 24 vs 8 threads

Advantages of Intel Core i7-9700

  • Up to 52% cheaper than Core i9-12900K - €265.7 vs €559.0
  • Consumes up to 48% less energy than Intel Core i9-12900K - 65 vs 125 Watts
This is a free version of Borderlands 3.
Borderlands 3

Borderlands 3

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Badass

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

250

100%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€559

47%

FPS Winner

Aufrüst-Kit Intel Core i9-12900K, Gigabyte B760M, be Quiet! Dark Rock 4 Kühler, ohne Arbeitsspeicher, komplett fertig montiert und getestet

Buy for 559 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 78133 minutes ago

Intel Core i7-9700 Logo
Core i7-9700

Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019


FPS

223

89.2%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

€265.7

100%

Intel Core i7-9700 Desktop-Prozessor 8 Kerne bis zu 4,7 GHz LGA1151 300 Series 65W

Buy for 265.7 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 78134 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Badass

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Intel Core i7-9700 Logo
Core i7-9700

Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2620

100%

Multi-Core

15445

100%

Intel Core i7-9700 Logo
Core i7-9700

Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019


Single-Core

1556

59.38931297709924%

Multi-Core

6217

40.25250890255746%

Intel Core i9-12900K Logo

Intel Core i9-12900K

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Intel Core i7-9700 Logo

Intel Core i7-9700

Nov 4th, 2021
Release DateApr 23rd, 2019
Core i9CollectionCore i7
Alder LakeCodenameCoffee Lake
Intel Socket 1700SocketIntel Socket 1151
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
16
Cores8
24
Threads8
3.2 GHz
Base Clock Speed3.0 GHz
5.2 GHz
Turbo Clock Speed4.7 GHz
125 WTDP
65 W
10 nm
Process Size14 nm
32.0x
Multiplier30.0x
UHD Graphics 770Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 630
Yes
OverclockableNo

Builds Using Core i9-12900K or Core i7-9700

Borderlands 3, 1920 x 1080, Badass

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