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Ryzen 5 5500U vs Core i9-12900

Ryzen 5 5500U vs Core i9-12900: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

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FPS Winner

Core i9-12900

2.4 GHz | 16-core

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Intel Core i9 (12th Gen) i9-12900 Hexadeca-core (16 Core) 2.40 GHz Processor - Retail Pack

Buy for 371.17 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 573 minutes ago

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FPS Winner

Core i9-12900

2.4 GHz | 16-core

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Intel Core i9 (12th Gen) i9-12900 Hexadeca-core (16 Core) 2.40 GHz Processor - Retail Pack

Buy for 371.17 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 573 minutes ago

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-12900 outperforms Ryzen 5 5500U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-12900 is 357 days newer than Ryzen 5 5500U.

Advantages of Ryzen 5 5500U

  • Consumes up to 77% less energy than Intel Core i9-12900 - 15 vs 65 Watts

Advantages of Core i9-12900

  • Performs up to 3% better in Stray than Ryzen 5 5500U - 189 vs 183 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 5500U - 24 vs 12 threads
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Stray

Stray

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Logo
Ryzen 5 5500U

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021


FPS

183

97%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


FPS

189

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.96/FPS

100%

Price, €

€371.17

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i9 (12th Gen) i9-12900 Hexadeca-core (16 Core) 2.40 GHz Processor - Retail Pack

Buy for 371.17 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 573 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

High

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Logo
Ryzen 5 5500U

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Logo
Ryzen 5 5500U

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021


Single-Core

1292

52%

Multi-Core

4612

35%

Intel Core i9-12900 Logo
Core i9-12900

Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022


Single-Core

2473

100%

Multi-Core

13044

100%

AMD Ryzen 5 5500U Logo

Ryzen 5 5500U

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Intel Core i9-12900 Logo

Core i9-12900

Jan 12th, 2021
Jan 4th, 2022
Ryzen 5Core i9
LucienneAlder Lake
AMD Socket FP6Intel Socket 1700
Mobile
Desktop
6
16
12
24
2.1 GHz
2.4 GHz
4.0 GHz
5.1 GHz
15 W
65 W
7 nm
10 nm
21.0x
24.0x
Radeon Graphics 448SPUHD Graphics 770
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