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£259.95
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Prices and StockMSRP $233
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MSRP $233
Prices and StockMSRP $399
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MSRP $399
Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 7 7700X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-12600 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-12600 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 7 7700X is 245 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-12600.
Advantages of Core i5-12600
- Up to 47% cheaper than Ryzen 7 7700X - £259.95 vs £485.96
- Up to 44% better value when playing Death Stranding than Ryzen 7 7700X - £1.08 vs £1.94 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 7 7700X - 65 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of Ryzen 7 7700X
- Performs up to 4% better in Death Stranding than Core i5-12600 - 250 vs 240 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12600 - 16 vs 12 threads
Death Stranding
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-12600
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
240
96%
Value, £/FPS
£1.08/FPS
100%
Price, £
£259.95
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-12600 Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz
Buy for £259.95 on Amazon
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Updated 6666 minutes ago
Ryzen 7 7700X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
250
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.94/FPS
56%
Price, £
£485.96
53%
FPS Winner
AMD Ryzen™ 7 7700X Desktop Processor (8-core/16-thread, 40MB cache, up to 5.4 GHz max boost)
Buy for £485.96 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 6666 minutes ago
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-12600
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Ryzen 7 7700X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-12600 | vs | Ryzen 7 7700X |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 25th, 2022 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 7 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 8 |
| 12 | Threads | 16 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.5 GHz |
| 4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.4 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 33.0x | Multiplier | 45.0x |
| UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Core i5-12600 or Ryzen 7 7700X
With selected game settings
176 FPS
£8.52/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,499.99
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176 FPS
£9.2/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,619
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176 FPS
£11.08/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 7 7700X
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,949.99
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