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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-12900 outperforms the more expensive Core i5-12400 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-12900 and the more expensive Core i5-12400 have been released at the same time.
Advantages of Core i9-12900
- Performs up to 13% better in Immortals of Aveum than Core i5-12400 - 86 vs 76 FPS
- Up to 83% cheaper than Core i5-12400 - £429.64 vs £2511.32
- Up to 85% better value when playing Immortals of Aveum than Core i5-12400 - £5.00 vs £33.04 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12400 - 24 vs 12 threads
Immortals of Aveum
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
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Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
86
100%
Value, £/FPS
£5/FPS
100%
Price, £
£429.64
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-12900 Desktop Processor 30M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i5-12400
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-12400 | vs | Core i9-12900 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 16 |
| 12 | Threads | 24 |
2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.4 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
25.0x | Multiplier | 24.0x |
| UHD Graphics 730 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Laptops Using Core i5-12400 or Core i9-12900
With selected game settings
10 FPS
£103.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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26 FPS
£153.85/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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10 FPS
£169.9/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,699
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18 FPS
£94.39/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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18 FPS
£140.97/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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24 FPS
£62.46/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,499
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18 FPS
£102.72/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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26 FPS
£100.03/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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18 FPS
£99.94/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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27 FPS
£129.59/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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