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Core i7-12700 vs Ryzen 9 5900HX

Core i7-12700 vs Ryzen 9 5900HX: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Core i7-12700 outperforms Ryzen 9 5900HX on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i7-12700 is 378 days newer than Ryzen 9 5900HX.

Advantages of Core i7-12700

  • Performs up to 12% better in Far Cry 6 than Ryzen 9 5900HX - 152 vs 136 FPS

Advantages of Ryzen 9 5900HX

  • Consumes up to 31% less energy than Intel Core i7-12700 - 45 vs 65 Watts
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Far Cry 6

Far Cry 6

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i7-12700 Logo
Core i7-12700

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


FPS

152

100%

Value, £/FPS

£1.85/FPS

100%

Price, £

£281.7

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel® Core™ i7-12700 Desktop Processor 25M Cache, up to 4.90 GHz

Buy for £281.7 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 751 minutes ago

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Logo
Ryzen 9 5900HX

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021


FPS

136

89%

Value, £/FPS

Price, £

Trending Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i7-12700 Logo
Core i7-12700

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Logo
Ryzen 9 5900HX

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i7-12700 Logo
Core i7-12700

Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022


Single-Core

2293

100%

Multi-Core

10780

100%

AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Logo
Ryzen 9 5900HX

Mobile • Jan 12th, 2021


Single-Core

1842

80%

Multi-Core

7527

70%

Intel Core i7-12700 Logo

Core i7-12700

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX Logo

Ryzen 9 5900HX

Jan 25th, 2022
Release DateJan 12th, 2021
Core i7CollectionRyzen 9
Alder LakeCodenameCezanne
Intel Socket 1700SocketAMD Socket FP6
Desktop
Segment
Mobile
8Cores8
16Threads16
2.1 GHzBase Clock Speed
3.3 GHz
4.9 GHz
Turbo Clock Speed4.6 GHz
65 WTDP
45 W
10 nmProcess Size
7 nm
21.0xMultiplier
30.0x
UHD Graphics 770Integrated GraphicsRadeon Vega 8
NoOverclockableNo

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Laptops Using Core i7-12700 or Ryzen 9 5900HX

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