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Core i9-12900KS vs Ryzen 9 7950X

Core i9-12900KS vs Ryzen 9 7950X: game performance, price, value, and specification comparison. Select comparison game parameters.

Key Differences

In short — Ryzen 9 7950X outperforms Core i9-12900KS on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Ryzen 9 7950X is 175 days newer than Core i9-12900KS.

Advantages of Core i9-12900KS

  • Consumes up to 12% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7950X - 150 vs 170 Watts

Advantages of Ryzen 9 7950X

  • Performs up to 3% better in Remnant II than Core i9-12900KS - 105 vs 102 FPS
  • Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i9-12900KS - 32 vs 24 threads
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Remnant II

Remnant II

Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i9-12900KS Logo
Core i9-12900KS

Desktop • Apr 5th, 2022


FPS

102

97%

Value, $/FPS

Price, $

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


FPS

105

100%

Value, $/FPS

$4.77/FPS

100%

Price, $

$500.69

100%

FPS and Value Winner

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X 16-Core, 32-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor

Buy for $500.69 on Amazon

In Stock

Updated 70 minutes ago

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Resolution

1920 x 1080

Game Graphics

Ultra

Intel Core i9-12900KS Logo
Core i9-12900KS

Desktop • Apr 5th, 2022

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022

Geekbench 5 Benchmarks

Intel Core i9-12900KS Logo
Core i9-12900KS

Desktop • Apr 5th, 2022


Single-Core

2692

92%

Multi-Core

16223

84%

AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo
Ryzen 9 7950X

Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022


Single-Core

2938

100%

Multi-Core

19293

100%

Intel Core i9-12900KS Logo

Core i9-12900KS

vs
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X Logo

Ryzen 9 7950X

Apr 5th, 2022Release Date
Sep 27th, 2022
Core i9CollectionRyzen 9
Alder LakeCodenameRaphael
Intel Socket 1700SocketAMD Socket AM5
Desktop
Segment
Desktop
16Cores16
24Threads
32
3.4 GHzBase Clock Speed
4.5 GHz
5.2 GHzTurbo Clock Speed
5.7 GHz
150 W
TDP170 W
10 nmProcess Size
5 nm
34.0xMultiplier
45.0x
UHD Graphics 770Integrated GraphicsRadeon Graphics
YesOverclockableYes

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