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£429.64
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MSRP $519
Prices and StockMSRP $549
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MSRP $549
Key Differences
In short — Core i9-14900 outperforms the cheaper Core i9-12900 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i9-12900 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-14900 is 734 days newer than the cheaper Core i9-12900.
Advantages of Core i9-12900
- Up to 25% cheaper than Core i9-14900 - £429.64 vs £570.81
- Up to 16% better value when playing New World than Core i9-14900 - £2.98 vs £3.55 per FPS
Advantages of Core i9-14900
- Performs up to 12% better in New World than Core i9-12900 - 161 vs 144 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-12900 - 32 vs 24 threads
New World
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
144
89%
Value, £/FPS
£2.98/FPS
100%
Price, £
£429.64
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-12900 Desktop Processor 30M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz
Buy for £429.64 on Amazon
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Updated 1853 minutes ago
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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Updated 1853 minutes ago
My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Core i9-14900
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2024
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-12900 | vs | Core i9-14900 |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 8th, 2024 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 16 | Cores | 24 |
| 24 | Threads | 32 |
2.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.0 GHz |
| 5.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.8 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
24.0x | Multiplier | 20.0x |
| UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Laptops Using Core i9-12900 or Core i9-14900
With selected game settings
62 FPS
£16.73/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,037.43
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87 FPS
£45.98/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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62 FPS
£27.4/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,699
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76 FPS
£22.36/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,699
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76 FPS
£33.39/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£2,537.44
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84 FPS
£17.85/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,499
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76 FPS
£24.33/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,849
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87 FPS
£29.89/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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76 FPS
£23.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,799
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89 FPS
£39.31/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£3,499
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