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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-12900 outperforms the cheaper Ryzen 7 3700X on the selected game parameters. However, the worse performing Ryzen 7 3700X is a better bang for your buck. The better performing Core i9-12900 is 912 days newer than the cheaper Ryzen 7 3700X.
Advantages of Ryzen 7 3700X
- Up to 19% cheaper than Core i9-12900 - £343.60 vs £422.01
- Up to 5% better value when playing Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than Core i9-12900 - £0.58 vs £0.61 per FPS
Advantages of Core i9-12900
- Performs up to 18% better in Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege than Ryzen 7 3700X - 697 vs 590 FPS
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while AMD Ryzen 7 3700X doesn't have integrated graphics
Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 7 3700X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
FPS
590
85%
Value, £/FPS
£0.58/FPS
100%
Price, £
£343.6
100%
Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 7 3700X 8C/16T 3.60-4.40GHz Tray - 100-000000071
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Intel® Core™ i9-12900 Desktop Processor 30M Cache, up to 5.10 GHz
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Ultra
Ryzen 7 3700X
Desktop • Jul 7th, 2019
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 7 3700X | vs | Core i9-12900 |
|---|---|---|
| Jul 7th, 2019 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Ryzen 7 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Matisse | Codename | Alder Lake |
| AMD Socket AM4 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 8 | Cores | 16 |
| 16 | Threads | 24 |
3.6 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.4 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.1 GHz |
| 65 W | TDP | 65 W |
7 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
36.0x | Multiplier | 24.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| Yes | Overclockable | Yes |
Laptops Using Ryzen 7 3700X or Core i9-12900
With selected game settings
287 FPS
£3.61/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,037.43
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402 FPS
£9.95/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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287 FPS
£5.92/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,699
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350 FPS
£4.85/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,699
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387 FPS
£3.87/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,499
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350 FPS
£5.28/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£1,849
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402 FPS
£6.47/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£2,600.78
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350 FPS
£7.25/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 512 GB SSD
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£2,537.38
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350 FPS
£5.14/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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£1,799
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412 FPS
£8.49/FPS
GeForce RTX 3080 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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£3,499
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