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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7900X3D outperforms the cheaper Core i5-12500 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-12500 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X3D is 365 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-12500.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12500
- Up to 58% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7900X3D - £164.0 vs £387.0
- Up to 41% better value when playing League of Legends than Ryzen 9 7900X3D - £0.57 vs £0.97 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D - 65 vs 120 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D
- Performs up to 39% better in League of Legends than Core i5-12500 - 400 vs 288 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12500 - 24 vs 12 threads
League of Legends
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Intel® Core™ i5-12500 Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.60 GHz
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AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D Desk-top Processor (12-core/24-thread, 140MB cache, up to 5.6 GHz max boost)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Very High
Core i5-12500
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Ryzen 9 7900X3D
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-12500 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X3D |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2023 |
| 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 |
| 3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.4 GHz |
| 4.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 120 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 30.0x | Multiplier | 44.0x |
| UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-12500 or Ryzen 9 7900X3D
League of Legends, 1920 x 1080, Very High
267 FPS
£3.74/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£999
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267 FPS
£3.37/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£899.99
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265 FPS
£2.98/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£790.75
In Stock
263 FPS
£2.14/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£564.07
In Stock
267 FPS
£3.56/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£950
In Stock
263 FPS
£4.32/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i5-12500
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£1,135.67
In Stock
385 FPS
£4.77/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Ryzen 9 7900X3D
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,834.99
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