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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-12900 outperforms the cheaper Athlon 200GE on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Athlon 200GE is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-12900 is 1216 days newer than the cheaper Athlon 200GE.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900
- Performs up to 11% better in Halo Infinite than Athlon 200GE - 173 vs 156 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Athlon 200GE - 24 vs 4 threads
Advantages of AMD Athlon 200GE
- Up to 82% cheaper than Core i9-12900 - £74.27 vs £422.0
- Up to 80% better value when playing Halo Infinite than Core i9-12900 - £0.48 vs £2.44 per FPS
- Consumes up to 46% less energy than Intel Core i9-12900 - 35 vs 65 Watts
Halo Infinite
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel® Core™ i9-12900 Desktop Processor 30M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz
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Athlon 200GE
Desktop • Sep 6th, 2018
FPS
156
90%
Value, £/FPS
£0.48/FPS
100%
Price, £
£74.27
100%
Value Winner
AMD Athlon 200GE 2-Core 4-Thread Processor with Radeon Vega Graphics - YD200GC6FBBOX
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Athlon 200GE
Desktop • Sep 6th, 2018
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-12900 | vs | AMD Athlon 200GE |
|---|---|---|
Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Sep 6th, 2018 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Athlon |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Raven Ridge |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | AMD Socket AM4 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
16 | Cores | 2 |
24 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 5.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 35 W |
10 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 24.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Vega 3 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-12900 or Athlon 200GE
Halo Infinite, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
46 FPS
£35.36/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,626.75
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46 FPS
£19.91/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£916
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62 FPS
£26.48/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,641.51
In Stock
83 FPS
£27.69/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£2,298.03
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76 FPS
£20.41/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,551.46
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76 FPS
£34.56/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,626.2
In Stock
62 FPS
£27.4/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,699
In Stock
76 FPS
£56.05/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£4,260.17
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83 FPS
£26.36/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,188.1
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62 FPS
£28.36/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,758.35
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