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Pentium Gold G6400 vs Core i9-12900K

Pentium Gold G6400 vs Core i9-12900K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

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 493.5 on Amazon

In Stock

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FPS Winner

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 493.5 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 267 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-12900K outperforms Pentium Gold G6400 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-12900K is 553 days newer than Pentium Gold G6400.

Advantages of Pentium Gold G6400

  • Consumes up to 54% less energy than Intel Core i9-12900K - 58 vs 125 Watts

Advantages of Core i9-12900K

  • Performs up to 35% better in World of Warcraft than Pentium Gold G6400 - 223 vs 165 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G6400 - 24 vs 4 threads
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Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Logo
Pentium Gold G6400

Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020


FPS

165

74%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

223

100%

Value, €/FPS

€2.21/FPS

100%

Price, €

€493.5

100%

FPS and Value Winner

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

Buy for 493.5 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 267 minutes ago

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Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Logo
Pentium Gold G6400

Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Logo
Pentium Gold G6400

Desktop • Apr 30th, 2020


Single-Core

805

31%

Multi-Core

1669

11%

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2620

100%

Multi-Core

15445

100%

Intel Pentium Gold G6400 Logo

Pentium Gold G6400

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Intel Core i9-12900K Logo

Core i9-12900K

Apr 30th, 2020Release Date
Nov 4th, 2021
Pentium GoldCollectionCore i9
Comet LakeCodenameAlder Lake
Intel Socket 1200SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
16
4Threads
24
4.0 GHz
Base Clock Speed3.2 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed5.2 GHz
58 W
TDP125 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
40.0x
Multiplier32.0x
UHD Graphics 610Integrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockable
Yes

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