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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $519
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MSRP in USD: $519
Key Differences
In short — Core i9-12900 outperforms the cheaper Core i5-3330 on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-12900 is 3410 days newer than the cheaper Core i5-3330.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-3330
- Up to 85% cheaper than Core i9-12900 - £59.99 vs £403.96
Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900
- Performs up to 86% better in War Thunder than Core i5-3330 - 251 vs 135 FPS
- Consumes up to 16% less energy than Intel Core i5-3330 - 65 vs 77 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-3330 - 24 vs 4 threads
War Thunder
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Intel i5-3330 Ivybridge Box Core i5 Processor (3GHz, 6MB Cache, Socket LGA 1155)
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Intel® Core™ i9-12900 Desktop Processor 30M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Movie
Core i5-3330
Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i5-3330
Desktop • Sep 3rd, 2012
Single-Core
555
22.44237767893247%
Multi-Core
1643
12.595829500153327%
Intel Core i5-3330 | vs | Intel Core i9-12900 |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 3rd, 2012 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Ivy Bridge | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1155 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 16 |
| 4 | Threads | 24 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.4 GHz |
| 3.2 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.1 GHz |
| 77 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 22 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 24.0x |
| Intel HD 2500 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-3330 or Core i9-12900
War Thunder, 1920 x 1080, Movie
214 FPS
£7.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,686.97
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189 FPS
£9.18/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,734.57
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214 FPS
£18.69/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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214 FPS
£14.98/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£3,206.27
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219 FPS
£13.24/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£2,899.99
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203 FPS
£8.37/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,699
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211 FPS
£7.1/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,499
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235 FPS
£7.55/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,773.67
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203 FPS
£9.11/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,849
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203 FPS
£9.85/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,999.99
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