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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-12900F outperforms the cheaper Core i7-9700F on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-12900F is 987 days newer than the cheaper Core i7-9700F.
Advantages of Intel Core i7-9700F
- Up to 20% cheaper than Core i9-12900F - £258.88 vs £322.99
Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900F
- Performs up to 25% better in Cyberpunk 2077 than Core i7-9700F - 99 vs 79 FPS
- Up to 1% better value when playing Cyberpunk 2077 than Core i7-9700F - £3.26 vs £3.28 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-9700F - 24 vs 8 threads
Cyberpunk 2077
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
RT Overdrive
Intel® Core™ i7-9700F Processor 12M Cache, up to 4.70 GHz
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Core i9-12900F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
99
100%
Value, £/FPS
£3.26/FPS
100%
Price, £
£322.99
80%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-12900F Desktop Processor 30M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
RT Overdrive
Core i7-9700F
Desktop • Apr 23rd, 2019
Core i9-12900F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-9700F | vs | Intel Core i9-12900F |
|---|---|---|
| Apr 23rd, 2019 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Core i7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Coffee Lake | Codename | Alder Lake |
| Intel Socket 1151 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 16 |
| 8 | Threads | 24 |
3.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.4 GHz |
| 4.7 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
30.0x | Multiplier | 24.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i7-9700F or Core i9-12900F
Cyberpunk 2077, 1920 x 1080, RT Overdrive
1 FPS
£1259/FPS
GeForce GTX 1650
Core i7-9700F
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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