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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-12900 outperforms the cheaper Pentium Gold G6405 on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-12900 is 294 days newer than the cheaper Pentium Gold G6405.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900
- Performs up to 738% better in Cities: Skylines II than Pentium Gold G6405 - 67 vs 8 FPS
- Up to 22% better value when playing Cities: Skylines II than Pentium Gold G6405 - £6.32 vs £8.12 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Pentium Gold G6405 - 24 vs 4 threads
Advantages of Intel Pentium Gold G6405
- Up to 85% cheaper than Core i9-12900 - £64.99 vs £423.37
- Consumes up to 11% less energy than Intel Core i9-12900 - 58 vs 65 Watts
Cities: Skylines II
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
67
100%
Value, £/FPS
£6.32/FPS
100%
Price, £
£423.37
15%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-12900 Desktop Processor 30M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz
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Intel S1200 PENTIUM Gold G6405 BOX 2x4,1 58W GEN10
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
High
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Pentium Gold G6405
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-12900 | vs | Intel Pentium Gold G6405 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Pentium Gold |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Comet Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
16 | Cores | 2 |
24 | Threads | 4 |
| 2.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.1 GHz |
| 5.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | Non-Turbo |
| 65 W | TDP | 58 W |
10 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 24.0x | Multiplier | 41.0x |
| UHD Graphics 770 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 610 |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-12900 or Pentium Gold G6405
Cities: Skylines II, 1920 x 1080, High
15 FPS
£123.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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1 FPS
£1626.75/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,626.75
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15 FPS
£137.93/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 4 TB SSD
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£2,069
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18 FPS
£107.51/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,935.18
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15 FPS
£97.73/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,465.99
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15 FPS
£184.13/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,762.01
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8 FPS
£212.38/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,699
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8 FPS
£168.75/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,349.99
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8 FPS
£231.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,849
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8 FPS
£224.88/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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