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£280.37
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Prices and StockMSRP $549
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MSRP $549
Key Differences
In short — Core i9-14900 outperforms the cheaper Core i7-12700 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i7-12700 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-14900 is 713 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-12700.
Advantages of Core i7-12700
- Up to 51% cheaper than Core i9-14900 - £280.37 vs £570.81
- Up to 48% better value when playing Mass Effect: Andromeda than Core i9-14900 - £1.20 vs £2.29 per FPS
Advantages of Core i9-14900
- Performs up to 7% better in Mass Effect: Andromeda than Core i7-12700 - 249 vs 233 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-12700 - 32 vs 16 threads
Mass Effect: Andromeda
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-12700
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
233
94%
Value, £/FPS
£1.2/FPS
100%
Price, £
£280.37
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i7-12700 Desktop Processor 25M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz
Buy for £280.37 on Amazon
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Intel® Core™ i9-14900 Desktop Processor 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores) up to 5.8 GHz
Buy for £570.81 on Amazon
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i7-12700
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Core i9-14900
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-12700 | vs | Core i9-14900 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 25th, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2024 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 24 |
| 16 | Threads | 32 |
2.1 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.0 GHz |
| 4.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.8 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
21.0x | Multiplier | 20.0x |
| UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | No |
PCs Using Core i7-12700 or Core i9-14900
With selected game settings
156 FPS
£6.34/FPS
Arc A770
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£989
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156 FPS
£6.56/FPS
Arc A770
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,023.2
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156 FPS
£6.21/FPS
Arc A770
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£969.2
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156 FPS
£5.89/FPS
Arc A770
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£919
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156 FPS
£5.51/FPS
Arc A770
Core i7-12700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£859.2
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156 FPS
£5.99/FPS
Arc A770
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£935.2
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Laptops Using Core i7-12700 or Core i9-14900
With selected game settings
78 FPS
£16.54/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,289.99
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112 FPS
£14.1/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
64 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,579
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112 FPS
£7.13/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£799
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112 FPS
£14.02/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,570.02
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139 FPS
£14.39/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,999.99
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139 FPS
£3.81/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£529
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152 FPS
£16.41/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,495
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132 FPS
£7.95/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Core i7-12700
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£1,049
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112 FPS
£11.46/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,284
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139 FPS
£19.34/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i7-12700
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,688
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