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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-12900 outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 5 3400G on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 5 3400G is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-12900 is 912 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 5 3400G.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 3400G
- Up to 84% cheaper than Core i9-12900 - £64.99 vs £403.96
- Up to 83% better value when playing Rocket League than Core i9-12900 - £0.09 vs £0.52 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900
- Performs up to 10% better in Rocket League than Ryzen 5 3400G - 776 vs 703 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 3400G - 24 vs 8 threads
Rocket League
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality
Ryzen 5 3400G
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
703
90.59278350515464%
Value, £/FPS
£0.09/FPS
100%
Price, £
£64.99
100%
Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G Processor (4C/8T, 6 MB cache, 4.2 GHz Max Boost) with Radeon RX Vega 11 Graphics
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Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
776
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.52/FPS
17.307692307692307%
Price, £
£403.96
16%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-12900 Desktop Processor 30M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz
Buy for £403.96 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 58097 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High Quality
Ryzen 5 3400G
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 3400G
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Single-Core
1128
45.61261625556005%
Multi-Core
3619
27.74455688439129%
AMD Ryzen 5 3400G | vs | Intel Core i9-12900 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 7th, 2019 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Picasso | Codename | Alder Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 16 |
| 8 | Threads | 24 |
3.7 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.4 GHz |
| 4.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 12 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
37.0x | Multiplier | 24.0x |
| Radeon RX Vega 11 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 5 3400G or Core i9-12900
Rocket League, 1920 x 1080, High Quality
348 FPS
£4.85/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,686.97
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236 FPS
£7.35/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,734.57
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348 FPS
£11.49/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£3,999.99
In Stock
348 FPS
£9.21/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£3,206.27
In Stock
376 FPS
£7.71/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£2,899.99
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296 FPS
£5.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,699
In Stock
333 FPS
£4.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,499
In Stock
480 FPS
£3.7/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,773.67
In Stock
296 FPS
£6.25/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,849
In Stock
296 FPS
£6.76/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,999.99
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