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Key Differences
In short, we have a clear winner — Ryzen 9 7900X outperforms the more expensive Core i5-12400F on the selected game parameters, and is also a better bang for your buck! The better performing Ryzen 9 7900X is 266 days newer than the more expensive Core i5-12400F.
Advantages of Intel Core i5-12400F
- Consumes up to 62% less energy than AMD Ryzen 9 7900X - 65 vs 170 Watts
Advantages of AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
- Performs up to 8% better in Sea of Thieves than Core i5-12400F - 282 vs 260 FPS
- Up to 57% cheaper than Core i5-12400F - $388.7 vs $899.99
- Up to 60% better value when playing Sea of Thieves than Core i5-12400F - $1.38 vs $3.46 per FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than Intel Core i5-12400F - 24 vs 12 threads
- Works without a dedicated GPU, while Intel Core i5-12400F doesn't have integrated graphics
Sea of Thieves
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
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Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
FPS
282
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.38/FPS
100%
Price, $
$388.7
100%
FPS and Value Winner
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X 12-Core, 24-Thread Unlocked Desktop Processor
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TOP 5 Games
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Mythical
Core i5-12400F
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Ryzen 9 7900X
Desktop • Sep 27th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Intel Core i5-12400F | vs | AMD Ryzen 9 7900X |
|---|---|---|
| Jan 4th, 2022 | Release Date | Sep 27th, 2022 |
| Core i5 | Collection | Ryzen 9 |
| Alder Lake | Codename | Raphael |
| Intel Socket 1700 | Socket | AMD Socket AM5 |
Desktop | Segment | Desktop |
| 6 | Cores | 12 |
| 12 | Threads | 24 |
| 2.5 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 4.7 GHz |
| 4.4 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.6 GHz |
65 W | TDP | 170 W |
| 10 nm | Process Size | 5 nm |
| 25.0x | Multiplier | 47.0x |
| None | Integrated Graphics | Radeon Graphics |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
Builds Using Core i5-12400F or Ryzen 9 7900X
Sea of Thieves, 1920 x 1080, Mythical
145 FPS
$8.53/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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131 FPS
$7.65/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$1,002.56
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153 FPS
$13.92/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Ryzen 9 7900X
64 GB, 512 GB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$2,129
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131 FPS
$8.01/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 500 GB SSD
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$1,049.51
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259 FPS
$10.81/FPS
GeForce RTX 4080
Ryzen 9 7900X
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 2 TB HDD
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$2,799.99
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145 FPS
$7.59/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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152 FPS
$4.4/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, N/A Storage
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112 FPS
$8.04/FPS
GeForce RTX 3050
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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237 FPS
$8.44/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Ti
Ryzen 9 7900X
12 GB, 1 TB HDD
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152 FPS
$5.91/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti
Core i5-12400F
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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