CPU Cooler Check

Cooler comparison

Arctic Freezer 36 A-RGB vs Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE

Across the 120 processors either cooler can mount, the Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE cools better or equally on 87 of them, at $32.69 versus $35.80 on Amazon. The Peerless Assassin 120 SE is rated 5 W higher.

Reviewed by Farrukh Sufyan SarwarHow we estimate temperaturesPrices verified Model v1.2 · data updated

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Excellent verdicts by socket

Number of processors per socket each cooler keeps in the Excellent band
SocketCPUsFreezer 36 A-RGBPeerless Assassin 120 SE
AM52521 / 2521 / 25
AM42626 / 2626 / 26
LGA185186 / 86 / 8
LGA17004124 / 4127 / 41
LGA1200209 / 209 / 20
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Head to head on popular processors

Estimated full-load temperature and verdict for each cooler on the highest-power processors
ProcessorBoostFreezer 36 A-RGBPeerless Assassin 120 SE
Core i7-13700K253 W98 °CAcceptable fit97 °CAcceptable fit
Core i9-13900K253 W98 °CAcceptable fit97 °CAcceptable fit
Core i9-14900KF253 W98 °CAcceptable fit97 °CAcceptable fit
Core i7-11700K251 W98 °CAcceptable fit96 °CAcceptable fit
Core Ultra 7 265K250 W98 °CAcceptable fit96 °CAcceptable fit
Core i9-12900KS241 W95 °CAcceptable fit94 °CAcceptable fit
Ryzen 9 9950X3D230 W93 °CAcceptable fit91 °CAcceptable fit
Core i7-14700224 W91 °CAcceptable fit90 °CAcceptable fit
Core i9-13900219 W90 °CAcceptable fit89 °CExcellent fit
Core i7-12700KF190 W83 °CExcellent fit82 °CExcellent fit
Core Ultra 9 285182 W81 °CExcellent fit80 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-14600KF181 W80 °CExcellent fit79 °CExcellent fit
Ryzen 9 7900X3D162 W76 °CExcellent fit75 °CExcellent fit
Core Ultra 5 245K159 W75 °CExcellent fit74 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-13500154 W74 °CExcellent fit73 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-12600KF150 W73 °CExcellent fit72 °CExcellent fit