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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-12900 outperforms the more expensive Core i9-11900 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-12900 is 294 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-11900.
Advantages of Core i9-12900
- Performs up to 4% better in Battlefield IV than Core i9-11900 - 467 vs 450 FPS
- Up to 3% cheaper than Core i9-11900 - £415.53 vs £427.45
- Up to 6% better value when playing Battlefield IV than Core i9-11900 - £0.89 vs £0.95 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-11900 - 24 vs 16 threads
Battlefield IV
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel® Core™ i9-11900 Desktop Processor 8 Cores up to 5.2 GHz LGA1200 (Intel® 500 Series & select 400 Series chipset) 65W
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Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
467
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.89/FPS
100%
Price, £
£415.53
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 i9-11900
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-11900 | vs | Core i9-12900 |
|---|---|---|
| Mar 16th, 2021 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Rocket Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1200 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 16 |
| 16 | Threads | 24 |
2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.4 GHz |
5.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
25.0x | Multiplier | 24.0x |
| UHD Graphics 750 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Core i9-11900 or Core i9-12900
With selected game settings
275 FPS
£4.55/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-11900
32 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,249.99
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141 FPS
£10.17/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i9-11900
32 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,434
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Laptops Using Core i9-11900 or Core i9-12900
With selected game settings
231 FPS
£17.32/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£3,999.99
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170 FPS
£9.99/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,699
In Stock
203 FPS
£8.37/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,699
In Stock
203 FPS
£12.5/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£2,537.44
In Stock
223 FPS
£6.72/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,499
In Stock
203 FPS
£9.11/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,849
In Stock
231 FPS
£11.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,600.78
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203 FPS
£8.86/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,799
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237 FPS
£14.76/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£3,499
In Stock
237 FPS
£15.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£3,699
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£415.53
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£415.53
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£84
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£415.53
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Core i9-12900
£415.53
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Core i9-12900
£415.53
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£488.99
Core i9-12900
£415.53
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Core i9-12900
£415.53
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£343.97
Core i9-12900
£415.53
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£208.69
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£415.53
vs
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Core i9-12900
£415.53
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£929.89
Core i9-12900
£415.53
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Core i9-12900
£415.53
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Ryzen 9 5950X
£295
Core i9-12900
£415.53
vs
Ryzen 7 5700
£126.66
Core i9-12900
£415.53
vs
Ryzen 9 5900X
£204
Core i9-12900
£415.53
vs
Core i9-12900K
£337.85
Core i9-12900
£415.53
vs
Ryzen 7 5700G
£139.99
Core i9-12900
£415.53
vs
Ryzen 7 5700X3D
£239.56
Core i9-12900
£415.53
vs
Core i5-12600K
£238.62
Core i9-12900
£415.53
vs
Ryzen 5 5600GT
Core i9-12900
£415.53
vs
Core i7-14700KF
£326.3
Core i9-12900
£415.53
vs
Core i5-12600KF
£169.39
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£415.53
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£354.25
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£415.53
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£315.81
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£415.53
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£257.13
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£415.53
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£639.99
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£415.53
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