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Ryzen 5 6600U vs Core i9-12900K

Ryzen 5 6600U vs Core i9-12900K: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Ryzen 5 6600U

2.9 GHz | 6-core

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FPS Winner

Core i9-12900K

3.2 GHz | 16-core

Intel Core i9-12900K, processore desktop, per sistemi desktop16 (8P+8E) core fino a 5,2 GHz sbloccato LGA1700 serie 600 chipset 125 W

Buy for €419.99 on Amazon

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Updated 7124 minutes ago

Ryzen 5 6600U

2.9 GHz | 6-core

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N/A Stock

vs

FPS Winner

Core i9-12900K

3.2 GHz | 16-core

Intel Core i9-12900K, processore desktop, per sistemi desktop16 (8P+8E) core fino a 5,2 GHz sbloccato LGA1700 serie 600 chipset 125 W

Buy for €419.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 7124 minutes ago

Prices and Stock

All items are out of stock

Prices and Stock
MSRP $599

Intel Core i9-12900K, processore desktop, per sistemi desktop16 (8P+8E) core fino a 5,2 GHz sbloccato LGA1700 serie 600 chipset 125 W

Key Differences

In short — Core i9-12900K outperforms Ryzen 5 6600U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-12900K is 83 days older than Ryzen 5 6600U.

Advantages of Core i9-12900K

Performs up to 27% better in Dirt 5 than Ryzen 5 6600U - 243 vs 192 FPS
Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 6600U - 24 vs 12 threads

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Dirt 5

Dirt 5

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

Mobile • Jan 26th, 2022

FPS

192

79%

Value, €/FPS

Price, €

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

FPS

243

100%

Value, €/FPS

€1.73/FPS

100%

Price, €

€419.99

100%

FPS and Value Winner

Intel Core i9-12900K, processore desktop, per sistemi desktop16 (8P+8E) core fino a 5,2 GHz sbloccato LGA1700 serie 600 chipset 125 W

Buy for €419.99 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 7124 minutes ago

My Games

With selected game settings

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra High

Mobile • Jan 26th, 2022

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

535

FPS

396

FPS

Counter-Strike 2

Counter-Strike 2

242

FPS

229

FPS

Fortnite

Fortnite

932

FPS

802

FPS

Valorant

Valorant

339

FPS

198

FPS

League of Legends

League of Legends

159

FPS

135

FPS

Grand Theft Auto V

Grand Theft Auto V

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Mobile • Jan 26th, 2022

Single-Core

1633

62%

Multi-Core

6487

42%

Desktop • Nov 4th, 2021

Single-Core

2620

100%

Multi-Core

15445

100%

Ryzen 5 6600U	vs	Core i9-12900K
Jan 26th, 2022	Release Date	Nov 4th, 2021
Ryzen 5	Collection	Core i9
Not Available	Codename	Alder Lake
AMD Socket FP7	Socket	Intel Socket 1700
Mobile	Segment	Desktop
6	Cores	16
12	Threads	24
2.9 GHz	Base Clock Speed	3.2 GHz
4.5 GHz	Turbo Clock Speed	5.2 GHz
Not Available	TDP	125 W
6 nm	Process Size	10 nm
29.0x	Multiplier	32.0x
Radeon 660M	Integrated Graphics	UHD Graphics 770
No	Overclockable	Yes

PCs Using Ryzen 5 6600U or Core i9-12900K

With selected game settings

Gaming Lavoro PC Image

Gaming Lavoro PC

120 FPS

€10.82/FPS

GeForce RTX 3060

Core i9-12900K

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€1,299

In Stock

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216 FPS

€10.18/FPS

GeForce RTX 4080

Core i9-12900K

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€2,199

In Stock

Acer Predator Orion 7000 PO7-640 Intel Core i9-12900K 32GB RAM 1TB SSD GeForce RTX 3090 PC Image

Acer Predator Orion 7000 PO7-640 Intel Core i9-12900K 32GB RAM 1TB SSD GeForce RTX 3090 PC

180 FPS

€26.55/FPS

GeForce RTX 3090

Core i9-12900K

32 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

€4,778.11

In Stock

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Lenovo Legion T7, Desktop PC

169 FPS

€15.38/FPS

GeForce RTX 3080

Core i9-12900K

64 GB, 1 TB SSD

Buy on Amazon

€2,599

In Stock

Acer Predator Orion 7000 PO7-640 Intel Core i9-12900K 1TB SSD + 1TB HDD 16GB RAM GeForce RTX 3090 QWERTY Port PC Image

Acer Predator Orion 7000 PO7-640 Intel Core i9-12900K 1TB SSD + 1TB HDD 16GB RAM GeForce RTX 3090 QWERTY Port PC

180 FPS

€44.17/FPS

GeForce RTX 3090

Core i9-12900K

16 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD

Buy on Amazon

€7,950.24

In Stock

PC Computer PC Image

147 FPS

€10.82/FPS

GeForce RTX 4060 Ti 8 GB

Core i9-12900K

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€1,589.9

In Stock

PC Computer PC Image

87 FPS

€14.37/FPS

GeForce GTX 1650

Core i9-12900K

16 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€1,249.9

In Stock

Acer Predator Orion 7000 PO7-640 Desktop PC Image

Acer Predator Orion 7000 PO7-640 Desktop PC

180 FPS

€14.88/FPS

GeForce RTX 3090

Core i9-12900K

64 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€2,678.35

In Stock

Gaming PC Image

193 FPS

€10.25/FPS

GeForce RTX 4070 Ti

Core i9-12900K

64 GB, N/A Storage

Buy on Amazon

€1,979

In Stock

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