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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 5 7600X outperforms the more expensive Core i9-12900 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 5 7600X is 266 days newer than the more expensive Core i9-12900.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900
- Consumes up to 38% less energy than AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - 65 vs 105 Watts
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 7600X - 24 vs 12 threads
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
- Performs up to 6% better in Minecraft than Core i9-12900 - 885 vs 834 FPS
- Up to 53% cheaper than Core i9-12900 - £187.0 vs £398.35
- Up to 56% better value when playing Minecraft than Core i9-12900 - £0.21 vs £0.48 per FPS
Minecraft
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Intel® Core™ i9-12900 Desktop Processor 30M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz
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Ryzen 5 7600X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
885
100%
Value, £/FPS
£0.21/FPS
100%
Price, £
£187
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X Desktop Processor (6-core/12-thread, 38MB cache, up to 5.3 GHz max boost)
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Ryzen 5 7600X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-12900 | vs | AMD Ryzen 5 7600X |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Ryzen 5 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
16 | Cores | 6 |
24 | Threads | 12 |
| 2.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 5.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.3 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 105 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 24.0x | Multiplier | 47.0x |
| UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i9-12900 or Ryzen 5 7600X
Minecraft, 1920 x 1080, High
527 FPS
£4.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,244.55
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640 FPS
£6.25/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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640 FPS
£2.64/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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640 FPS
£5.09/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£3,259.78
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664 FPS
£3.01/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,997.1
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591 FPS
£2.87/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,699
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627 FPS
£2.39/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,499
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740 FPS
£2.43/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,798.76
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591 FPS
£3.13/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,849
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591 FPS
£3.38/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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