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Key Differences
In short — Core i9-12900 outperforms Ryzen 5 2500U on the selected game parameters. We do not have the prices of both CPUs to compare value. The better performing Core i9-12900 is 1531 days newer than Ryzen 5 2500U.
Advantages of Ryzen 5 2500U
- Consumes up to 77% less energy than Intel Core i9-12900 - 15 vs 65 Watts
Advantages of Core i9-12900
- Performs up to 20% better in Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0 than Ryzen 5 2500U - 210 vs 175 FPS
- Can execute more multi-threaded tasks simultaneously than AMD Ryzen 5 2500U - 24 vs 8 threads
Call of Duty: Warzone 2.0
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
FPS
210
100%
Value, $/FPS
$1.96/FPS
100%
Price, $
$412
100%
FPS and Value Winner
Intel Core i9 (12th Gen) i9-12900 Hexadeca-core (16 Core) 2.40 GHz Processor - Retail Pack
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My Games
With selected game settings
Resolution
1920 x 1080
Game Graphics
Extreme
Ryzen 5 2500U
Mobile • Oct 26th, 2017
Core i9-12900
Desktop • Jan 4th, 2022
Geekbench 5 Benchmarks
Ryzen 5 2500U | vs | Core i9-12900 |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 26th, 2017 | Release Date | Jan 4th, 2022 |
| Ryzen 5 | Collection | Core i9 |
| Raven Ridge | Codename | Alder Lake |
| AMD Socket FP5 | Socket | Intel Socket 1700 |
Mobile | Segment | Desktop |
| 4 | Cores | 16 |
| 8 | Threads | 24 |
| 2.0 GHz | Base Clock Speed | 2.4 GHz |
| 3.6 GHz | Turbo Clock Speed | 5.1 GHz |
15 W | TDP | 65 W |
| 14 nm | Process Size | 10 nm |
| 20.0x | Multiplier | 24.0x |
| Radeon Vega 8 | Integrated Graphics | UHD Graphics 770 |
| No | Overclockable | Yes |
PCs Using Ryzen 5 2500U or Core i9-12900
With selected game settings
124 FPS
$13.7/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,699
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117 FPS
$15.38/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,799
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117 FPS
$12.81/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,499
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117 FPS
$14.17/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,657.79
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117 FPS
$14.52/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD + 1 TB HDD
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$1,699
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117 FPS
$13.81/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,616
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117 FPS
$14.95/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,749
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117 FPS
$18.79/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$2,199
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117 FPS
$24.09/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 2 TB SSD + 8 TB HDD
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$2,819
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Laptops Using Ryzen 5 2500U or Core i9-12900
With selected game settings
108 FPS
$12.91/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,394
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108 FPS
$13.84/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 4 TB SSD
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$1,494.31
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108 FPS
$11.46/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,237.99
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108 FPS
$10.6/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
Core i9-12900
16 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,145
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98 FPS
$13.26/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 1 TB SSD
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$1,299
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108 FPS
$12.12/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,309
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108 FPS
$12.64/FPS
GeForce RTX 4070 Mobile
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,364.99
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98 FPS
$16.32/FPS
GeForce RTX 4060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 4 TB SSD
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$1,599
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84 FPS
$21.42/FPS
GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile
Core i9-12900
64 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$1,799
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103 FPS
$26.21/FPS
GeForce RTX 3070 Ti Mobile
Core i9-12900
32 GB, 2 TB SSD
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$2,699.99
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