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Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i9-12900KF

Ryzen 5 1600X vs Core i9-12900KF: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-12900KF outperforms Ryzen 5 1600X on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-12900KF is 1668 days newer than Ryzen 5 1600X.

Advantages of Ryzen 5 1600X

  • Consumes up to 24% less energy than Intel Core i9-12900KF - 95 vs 125 Watts

Advantages of Core i9-12900KF

  • Performs up to 26% better in World of Warcraft than Ryzen 5 1600X - 221 vs 175 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 1600X - 24 vs 12 threads
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World of Warcraft

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AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Logo
Ryzen 5 1600X

Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017


FPS

175

79%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i9-12900KF Logo
Core i9-12900KF

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

221

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.83/FPS

100%

Price, €

€404.92

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i9-12900KF 3,2 GHz LGA1700 Tra, CM8071504549231 Schwarz

Buy for 404.92 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 19 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

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AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Logo
Ryzen 5 1600X

Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017

Intel Core i9-12900KF Logo
Core i9-12900KF

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Logo
Ryzen 5 1600X

Desktop • Apr 11th, 2017


Single-Core

1123

44%

Multi-Core

4766

32%

Intel Core i9-12900KF Logo
Core i9-12900KF

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2542

100%

Multi-Core

14881

100%

AMD Ryzen 5 1600X Logo

Ryzen 5 1600X

vs
Intel Core i9-12900KF Logo

Core i9-12900KF

Apr 11th, 2017Release Date
Nov 4th, 2021
Ryzen 5CollectionCore i9
Summit RidgeCodenameAlder Lake
AMD Socket AM4SocketIntel Socket 1700
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
6Cores
16
12Threads
24
3.6 GHz
Base Clock Speed3.2 GHz
4.0 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
5.2 GHz
95 W
TDP125 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
36.0x
Multiplier32.0x
NoneIntegrated GraphicsNone
YesOverclockableYes

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