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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-14900K outperforms the cheaper Core i9-12900 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-14900K is 651 days newer than the cheaper Core i9-12900.
Advantages of Core i9-12900
- Up to 3% cheaper than Core i9-14900K - £420.61 vs £432.97
Advantages of Core i9-14900K
- Performs up to 4% better in Forza Horizon 5 than Core i9-12900 - 189 vs 182 FPS
- Up to 1% better value when playing Forza Horizon 5 than Core i9-12900 - £2.29 vs £2.31 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-12900 - 32 vs 24 threads
Forza Horizon 5
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Max
Intel® Core™ i9-12900 Desktop Processor 30M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz
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Core i9-14900K
Desktop • Oct 17th, 2023
FPS
189
100%
Value, £/FPS
£2.29/FPS
100%
Price, £
£432.97
97%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-14900K Desktop Processor 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores) up to 6.0 GHz
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Resolution
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Game Graphics
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Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Core i9-14900K
Desktop • Oct 17th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i9-12900 | vs | Core i9-14900K |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Oct 17th, 2023 |
| 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 | 3.2 GHz |
| 5.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 6.0 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 24.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
PC Builds Using Core i9-12900 or Core i9-14900K
With selected game settings
189 FPS
£21.71/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-14900K
64 GB, N/A Storage
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£4,102.3
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183 FPS
£30.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090 D
Core i9-14900K
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£5,600
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189 FPS
£33.33/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Core i9-14900K
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£6,300
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Laptops Using Core i9-12900 or Core i9-14900K
With selected game settings
64 FPS
£62.5/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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42 FPS
£62.73/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£2,634.64
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16 FPS
£106.19/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,699
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42 FPS
£40.45/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,699
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58 FPS
£25.84/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,499
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42 FPS
£44.02/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,849
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64 FPS
£41.67/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,666.63
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42 FPS
£42.83/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,799
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69 FPS
£50.71/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£3,499
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69 FPS
£53.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£3,699
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58 FPS
£34.47/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,999.03
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64 FPS
£35.92/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,299
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64 FPS
£44.81/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,868.13
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64 FPS
£53.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£3,406.77
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69 FPS
£57.25/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£3,950
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