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£113
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MSRP in USD: $174
AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $499
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MSRP in USD: $499
Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i5-12400F outperforms the more expensive Ryzen 9 3900XT on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i5-12400F is 546 days newer than the more expensive Ryzen 9 3900XT.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12400F
- Performs up to 16% better in Counter-Strike 2 than Ryzen 9 3900XT - 474 vs 409 FPS
- Up to 77% cheaper than Ryzen 9 3900XT - £113.0 vs £499.0
- Up to 80% better value when playing Counter-Strike 2 than Ryzen 9 3900XT - £0.24 vs £1.22 per FPS
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT - 65 vs 105 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12400F - 24 vs 12 threads
Counter-Strike 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
474
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.24/FPS
100%
Price, £
£113
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-12400F Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz
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AMD Ryzen™ 9 3900XT Processor (12C/24T, 70MB Cache, Up to 4.7 GHz Max Boost) – Without Cooler
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Ryzen 9 3900XT
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2020
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-12400F | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 3900XT |
|---|---|---|
Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Jul 7th, 2020 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Matisse |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 12 | Threads | 24 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 7 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 39.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-12400F or Ryzen 9 3900XT
Counter-Strike 2, 1920 x 1080, Very High
282 FPS
£2.59/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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£729.95
In Stock
261 FPS
£2.41/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£628.8
In Stock
282 FPS
£2.51/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£706.8
In Stock
320 FPS
£2.97/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£949.98
In Stock
261 FPS
£3.64/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£949.99
In Stock
300 FPS
£2.38/FPS
Radeon RX 7600
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£712.8
In Stock
297 FPS
£2.43/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£722.4
In Stock
297 FPS
£2.69/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£799.95
In Stock
282 FPS
£2.84/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
12 GB, N/A Storage
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£799.99
In Stock
297 FPS
£3.48/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,034.99
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