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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $549
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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms the cheaper Core i5-12400F on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-12400F is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 266 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-12400F.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12400F
- Up to 67% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7900X - £113.38 vs £339.0
- Up to 66% better value when playing Control than Ryzen 9 7900X - £0.55 vs £1.63 per FPS
- Consumes up to 62% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 65 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
- Performs up to 1% better in Control than Core i5-12400F - 208 vs 205 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12400F - 24 vs 12 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-12400F doesn't have integrated graphics
Control
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
205
98%
Value, £/FPS
£0.55/FPS
100%
Price, £
£113.38
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-12400F Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.40 GHz
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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X Retail, Noir, (AM5/12 Core/4.7GHz/76MB/170W/Radeon) - 100-000000589
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-12400F | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 12 | Threads | 24 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 170 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 47.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-12400F or Ryzen 9 7900X
Control, 1920 x 1080, High
80 FPS
£15.86/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,268.4
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76 FPS
£9.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 240 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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£729.95
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109 FPS
£12.98/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,414.8
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106 FPS
£8.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 16 GB
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£949.98
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181 FPS
£11.7/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,118
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59 FPS
£10.96/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£646.8
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134 FPS
£11.79/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,580.4
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91 FPS
£8.03/FPS
Radeon RX 7600
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£730.8
In Stock
76 FPS
£9.63/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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£732
In Stock
158 FPS
£10.44/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,648.8
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