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£399.99
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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $519
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AvailabilityMSRP in USD: $699
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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-13900KS outperforms the cheaper Core i9-12900 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Core i9-12900 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-13900KS is 373 days newer than the cheaper Core i9-12900.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900
- Up to 25% cheaper than Core i9-13900KS - £399.99 vs £533.99
- Up to 22% better value when playing Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Core i9-13900KS - £1.75 vs £2.23 per FPS
- Consumes up to 57% less energy than Intel Core i9-13900KS - 65 vs 150 Watts
Advantages of Intel Core i9-13900KS
- Performs up to 4% better in Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order than Core i9-12900 - 239 vs 229 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-12900 - 32 vs 24 threads
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
229
95%
Value, £/FPS
£1.75/FPS
100%
Price, £
£399.99
100%
Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-12900 Desktop Processor 30M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz
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Core i9-13900KS
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2023
FPS
239
100%
Value, £/FPS
£2.23/FPS
78%
Price, £
£533.99
74%
FPS Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-13900KS, 24 (8p+16e) Cores, 32 Threads, 32 MB Cache
Buy for £533.99 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 16 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Epic
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Core i9-13900KS
Desktop • Jan 12th, 2023
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-12900 | vs | Intel Core i9-13900KS |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Jan 12th, 2023 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Raptor Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 16 | Cores | 24 |
| 24 | Threads | 32 |
| 2.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.2 GHz |
| 5.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 6.0 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 150 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 24.0x | Multiplier | 32.0x |
| UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i9-12900 or Core i9-13900KS
Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order, 1920 x 1080, Epic
79 FPS
£12.18/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£962
In Stock
96 FPS
£17.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,721.31
In Stock
118 FPS
£19.47/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£2,298.03
In Stock
110 FPS
£36.36/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£3,999.99
In Stock
110 FPS
£14.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,636.93
In Stock
110 FPS
£33.01/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£3,631.12
In Stock
110 FPS
£32.34/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£3,557.53
In Stock
110 FPS
£37.73/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£4,150.29
In Stock
96 FPS
£17.7/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,699
In Stock
96 FPS
£19.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,849
In Stock
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