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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Core i9-12900F outperforms the more expensive Core i7-11700F on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Core i9-12900F is 294 days newer than the more expensive Core i7-11700F.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900F
- Performs up to 14% better in Far Cry 3 than Core i7-11700F - 193 vs 170 FPS
- Up to 9% cheaper than Core i7-11700F - £319.52 vs £350.0
- Up to 19% better value when playing Far Cry 3 than Core i7-11700F - £1.66 vs £2.06 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i7-11700F - 24 vs 16 threads
Far Cry 3
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-12900F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
193
100%
Value, £/FPS
£1.66/FPS
100%
Price, £
£319.52
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel® Core™ i9-12900F Desktop Processor 30M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz
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Core i7-11700F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
FPS
170
88.08290155440415%
Value, £/FPS
£2.06/FPS
80.58252427184466%
Price, £
£350
91%
CORE I7-11700F 2.50GHZ CHIP
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-12900F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Core i7-11700F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Core i7-11700F
Desktop • Mar 16th, 2021
Single-Core
2101
82.7491138243403%
Multi-Core
8790
63.282937365010795%
Intel Core i9-12900F | vs | Intel Core i7-11700F |
|---|---|---|
Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Mar 16th, 2021 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Core i7 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Rocket Lake |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 1200 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
16 | Cores | 8 |
24 | Threads | 16 |
| 2.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.5 GHz |
5.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 4.9 GHz |
| Not Available | TDP | 65 W |
10 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 24.0x | Multiplier | 25.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
Builds Using Core i9-12900F or Core i7-11700F
Far Cry 3, 1920 x 1080, Ultra
173 FPS
£8.55/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070
Core i9-12900F
32 GB, N/A Storage
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