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£257.21
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Key Differences
In short — Ryzen 9 7950X3D outperforms the cheaper Core i5-12600 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i5-12600 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Ryzen 9 7950X3D is 344 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-12600.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12600
- Up to 50% cheaper than Ryzen 9 7950X3D - £257.21 vs £518.97
- Up to 49% better value when playing Fortnite than Ryzen 9 7950X3D - £1.08 vs £2.11 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D - 65 vs 120 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
- Performs up to 3% better in Fortnite than Core i5-12600 - 246 vs 239 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12600 - 32 vs 12 threads
Fortnite
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Core i5-12600
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
FPS
239
97%
Value, £/FPS
£1.08/FPS
100%
Price, £
£257.21
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i5-12600 Desktop Processor 18M Cache, up to 4.80 GHz
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Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
FPS
246
100%
Value, £/FPS
£2.11/FPS
51%
Price, £
£518.97
49%
FPS Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D processor with 3D V-Cache technology, 16 cores/32 skewed threads, Zen 4 architecture, 144MB cache, 120W TDP, up to 5.7GHz boost frequency, Socket AMD 5, DDR5 & PCIe 5.0
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Core i5-12600
Desktop • Jan 25th, 2022
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-12600 | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 25th, 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 | 16 |
| 12 | Threads | 32 |
| 3.3 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.2 GHz |
| 4.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.7 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 120 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 33.0x | Multiplier | 42.0x |
| UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-12600 or Ryzen 9 7950X3D
Fortnite, 1920 x 1080, Epic
246 FPS
£13.41/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
16 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£3,300
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246 FPS
£14.23/FPS
GeForce RTX 4090
Ryzen 9 7950X3D
16 GB, N/A Storage
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£3,499.99
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