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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-12900F outperforms the cheaper Xeon E5-1620 v4 on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Xeon E5-1620 v4 is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-12900F is 2024 days newer than the cheaper Xeon E5-1620 v4.
Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900F
- Performs up to 23% better in Need For Speed Unbound than Xeon E5-1620 v4 - 166 vs 135 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 - 24 vs 8 threads
Advantages of Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4
- Up to 87% cheaper than Core i9-12900F - £49.95 vs £388.0
- Up to 84% better value when playing Need For Speed Unbound than Core i9-12900F - £0.37 vs £2.34 per FPS
Need For Speed Unbound
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Intel® Core™ i9-12900F Desktop Processor 30M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz
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Updated 272 minutes ago
Xeon E5-1620 v4
Desktop • Jun 20th, 2016
FPS
135
81%
Value, £/FPS
£0.37/FPS
100%
Price, £
£49.95
100%
Value Winner
Intel Corp. BX80660E51620V4 Xeon Processor E5-1620 v4
Buy for £49.95 on Amazon
In Stock
Updated 47 minutes ago
TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Core i9-12900F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Xeon E5-1620 v4
Desktop • Jun 20th, 2016
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i9-12900F | vs | Intel Xeon E5-1620 v4 |
|---|---|---|
Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Jun 20th, 2016 |
| Core i9 | Collection | Xeon E5 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Broadwell-E/EP |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | Intel Socket 2011-3 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
16 | Cores | 4 |
24 | Threads | 8 |
| 2.4 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 3.5 GHz |
5.1 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 3.8 GHz |
| Not Available | TDP | 140 W |
10 nm | Process Size | 14 nm |
| 24.0x | Multiplier | 35.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | None |
Yes | Overclockable | No |
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