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Celeron 3205U vs Core i9-12900K

Celeron 3205U vs Core i9-12900K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Availability

MSRP in USD: $107

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Availability

MSRP in USD: $599

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-12900K outperforms Celeron 3205U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-12900K is 2440 days newer than Celeron 3205U.

Advantages of Intel Celeron 3205U

  • Consumes up to 88% less energy than Intel Core i9-12900K - 15 vs 125 Watts

Advantages of Intel Core i9-12900K

  • Performs up to 41% better in Need For Speed Unbound than Celeron 3205U - 168 vs 119 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Celeron 3205U - 24 vs 2 threads
This is a free version of Need For Speed Unbound.
Need For Speed Unbound

Need For Speed Unbound

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Celeron 3205U Logo
Celeron 3205U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015


FPS

119

71%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Intel Core i9-12900K Logo
Core i9-12900K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


FPS

168

100%

Value, €/FPS

€2.58/FPS

100%

Price, €

€433.75

100%

FPS and Value Winner

INTEL Core i9-12900K - Vassoio LGA1700 da 3,2 GHz

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In Stock

Updated 26 minutes ago

TOP 5 Games

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Celeron 3205U Logo
Celeron 3205U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015

Intel Core i9-12900K Logo
Core i9-12900K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Celeron 3205U Logo
Celeron 3205U

Mobile • Mar 1st, 2015


Single-Core

280

11%

Multi-Core

486

3%

Intel Core i9-12900K Logo
Core i9-12900K

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021


Single-Core

2620

100%

Multi-Core

15445

100%

Intel Celeron 3205U Logo

Intel Celeron 3205U

vs
Intel Core i9-12900K Logo

Intel Core i9-12900K

Mar 1st, 2015Release Date
CeleronCollectionCore i9
BroadwellCodenameAlder Lake
Intel BGA 1168SocketIntel Socket 1700
Mobile
Segment
Desktop
2Cores
2Threads
1.5 GHzBase Clock Speed
Non-TurboTurbo Clock Speed5.2 GHz
TDP125 W
14 nmProcess Size
15.0xMultiplier
Intel HDIntegrated GraphicsUHD Graphics 770
NoOverclockable

PC Builds Using Celeron 3205U or Core i9-12900K

Need For Speed Unbound, 1920 x 1080, Ultra

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