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Celeron 3205U vs Core i9-12900K

Celeron 3205U 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 Gaming Desktop Processor with Integrated Graphics and 16 (8P+8E) Cores up to 5.2 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W

Buy for 255.4 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 126 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Core i9-12900K

3.2 GHz | 16-core

Intel Core i9-12900K Logo
Intel Core i9-12900K Gaming Desktop Processor with Integrated Graphics and 16 (8P+8E) Cores up to 5.2 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W

Buy for 255.4 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 126 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-12900K outperforms Celeron 3205U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-12900K is 2440 days newer than Celeron 3205U.

Advantages of Celeron 3205U

  • Consumes up to 88% less energy than Intel Core i9-12900K - 15 vs 125 Watts

Advantages of Core i9-12900K

  • Performs up to 152% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Celeron 3205U - 535 vs 212 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron 3205U - 24 vs 2 threads
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Counter-Strike 2

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Celeron 3205U Logo
Celeron 3205U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015


FPS

212

40%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

535

100%

Value, €/FPS

€0.48/FPS

100%

Price, €

€255.4

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i9-12900K Gaming Desktop Processor with Integrated Graphics and 16 (8P+8E) Cores up to 5.2 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W

Buy for 255.4 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 126 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Very High

Intel Celeron 3205U Logo
Celeron 3205U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Celeron 3205U Logo
Celeron 3205U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015


Single-Core

280

11%

Multi-Core

486

3%

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

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2620

100%

Multi-Core

15445

100%

Intel Celeron 3205U Logo

Celeron 3205U

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Intel Core i9-12900K Logo

Core i9-12900K

Mar 1st, 2015Release Date
Nov 4th, 2021
CeleronCollectionCore i9
BroadwellCodenameAlder Lake
Intel BGA 1168SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
16
2Threads
24
1.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.2 GHz
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed5.2 GHz
15 W
TDP125 W
14 nmProcess Size
10 nm
15.0xMultiplier
32.0x
Intel HDIntegrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockable
Yes

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