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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-12900 outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 7 1700X on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-12900 is 1769 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 7 1700X.
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 7 1700X
- Up to 35% cheaper than Core i9-12900 - £275.0 vs £422.0
Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900
- Performs up to 140% better in League of Legends than Ryzen 7 1700X - 319 vs 133 FPS
- Up to 36% better value when playing League of Legends than Ryzen 7 1700X - £1.32 vs £2.07 per FPS
- Consumes up to 32% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 1700X - 65 vs 95 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 7 1700X - 24 vs 16 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 7 1700X doesn't have integrated graphics
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Processor - YD170XBCAEWOF
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Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
319
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.32/FPS
100%
Price, £
£422
65%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-12900 Desktop Processor 30M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Ryzen 7 1700X
Desktop • Mar 2nd, 2017
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
AMD Ryzen 7 1700X | vs | Intel Core i9-12900 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 2nd, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Summit Ridge | Codename | Alder Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 16 |
| 16 | Threads | 24 |
3.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.4 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.1 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
34.0x | Multiplier | 24.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Ryzen 7 1700X or Core i9-12900
League of Legends, 1920 x 1080, Very High
293 FPS
£5.55/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,626.75
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293 FPS
£3.13/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£916
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296 FPS
£5.55/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,641.51
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300 FPS
£7.66/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£2,298.03
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299 FPS
£5.19/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,551.46
In Stock
299 FPS
£8.8/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,631.15
In Stock
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
299 FPS
£14.25/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£4,260.17
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300 FPS
£7.29/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,188.1
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296 FPS
£5.94/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,758.35
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