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£136.66
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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-12900F outperforms the cheaper Core i7-6850K on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i7-6850K is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-12900F is 2044 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-6850K.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-6850K
- Up to 57% cheaper than Core i9-12900F - £136.66 vs £319.52
- Up to 44% better value when playing Rust than Core i9-12900F - £0.72 vs £1.28 per FPS
Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900F
- Performs up to 31% better in Rust than Core i7-6850K - 248 vs 189 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-6850K - 24 vs 12 threads
Rust
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-6850K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
FPS
189
76.20967741935483%
Value, £/FPS
£0.72/FPS
100%
Price, £
£136.66
100%
Value Winner
Intel BX80671I76850K Core i7 - i7-6850K - 3.6 GHz - 15 MB Cache - LGA2011
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Updated 241 minutes ago
Core i9-12900F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
248
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.28/FPS
56.25%
Price, £
£319.52
42%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-12900F Desktop Processor 30M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz
Buy for £319.52 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 240 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i7-6850K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Core i9-12900F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-6850K
Desktop • May 31st, 2016
Single-Core
1268
49.9409216226861%
Multi-Core
5821
41.90784737221022%
Intel Core i7-6850K | vs | Intel Core i9-12900F |
|---|---|---|
| May 31st, 2016 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Broadwell E | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 2011-3 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 16 |
| 12 | Threads | 24 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.4 GHz |
| 3.8 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.1 GHz |
| 140 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 24.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-6850K or Core i9-12900F
Rust, 1920 x 1080, High
148 FPS
£10/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-12900F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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