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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-12900F outperforms the more expensive Core i7-9700KF on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-12900F is 1092 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-9700KF.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900F
- Performs up to 3% better in Red Dead Redemption 2 than Core i7-9700KF - 166 vs 161 FPS
- Up to 15% cheaper than Core i7-9700KF - £322.99 vs £379.99
- Up to 17% better value when playing Red Dead Redemption 2 than Core i7-9700KF - £1.95 vs £2.36 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-9700KF - 24 vs 8 threads
Red Dead Redemption 2
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Highest
Intel Core i7-9700KF Processor (12m Cache, Up to 4.90 GHz)
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Core i9-12900F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
166
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.95/FPS
100%
Price, £
£322.99
100%
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
Highest
Core i7-9700KF
Desktop • Jan 8th, 2019
Core i9-12900F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i7-9700KF | vs | Intel Core i9-12900F |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 8th, 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 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.4 GHz |
| 4.9 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.1 GHz |
| 95 W | TDP | Not Available |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 24.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
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