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Pentium B950 vs Core i9-12900K

Pentium B950 vs Core i9-12900K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Intel Core i9-12900K

3.2 GHz | 16-core

Intel Core i9-12900K Logo
Intel Core i9-12900K 12. Generation Alder Lake 16-Core 3,2 GHz LGA 1700 Prozessor -BX8071512900K

Buy for 498.41 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 433 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Intel Core i9-12900K

3.2 GHz | 16-core

Intel Core i9-12900K Logo
Intel Core i9-12900K 12. Generation Alder Lake 16-Core 3,2 GHz LGA 1700 Prozessor -BX8071512900K

Buy for 498.41 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 433 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-12900K outperforms Pentium B950 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-12900K is 3791 days newer than Pentium B950.

Advantages of Intel Pentium B950

  • Consumes up to 72% less energy than Intel Core i9-12900K - 35 vs 125 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900K

  • Performs up to 91% better in Far Cry 6 than Pentium B950 - 164 vs 86 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium B950 - 24 vs 2 threads
This is a free version of Far Cry 6.
Far Cry 6

Far Cry 6

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium B950 Logo
Pentium B950

Mobile • Jun 19th, 2011


FPS

86

52%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

164

100%

Value, €/FPS

€3.47/FPS

100%

Price, €

€498.41

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i9-12900K 12. Generation Alder Lake 16-Core 3,2 GHz LGA 1700 Prozessor -BX8071512900K

Buy for 498.41 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 433 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Pentium B950 Logo
Pentium B950

Mobile • Jun 19th, 2011

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium B950 Logo
Pentium B950

Mobile • Jun 19th, 2011


Single-Core

305

12%

Multi-Core

510

3%

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2620

100%

Multi-Core

15445

100%

Intel Pentium B950

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Intel Core i9-12900K

Jun 19th, 2011Release Date
Nov 4th, 2021
PentiumCollectionCore i9
Sandy BridgeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket G2 (988B)SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
16
2Threads
24
2.1 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.2 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed5.2 GHz
35 W
TDP125 W
32 nmProcess Size
10 nm
21.0xMultiplier
32.0x
Intel HD (Sandy Bridge)Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockable
Yes

PC Builds Using Pentium B950 or Core i9-12900K

Far Cry 6, 1920 x 1080, Ultra

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