CPU Cooler Check

Cooler comparison

Thermalright Peerless Assassin 120 SE vs Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE

Across the 120 processors either cooler can mount, the Thermalright Phantom Spirit 120 SE cools better or equally on 111 of them, at $37.89 versus $32.69 on Amazon. The Phantom Spirit 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
SocketCPUsPeerless Assassin 120 SEPhantom Spirit 120 SE
AM52521 / 2521 / 25
AM42626 / 2626 / 26
LGA185186 / 86 / 8
LGA17004127 / 4128 / 41
LGA1200209 / 2013 / 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
ProcessorBoostPeerless Assassin 120 SEPhantom Spirit 120 SE
Core i7-13700K253 W97 °CAcceptable fit96 °CAcceptable fit
Core i9-13900K253 W97 °CAcceptable fit96 °CAcceptable fit
Core i9-14900KF253 W97 °CAcceptable fit96 °CAcceptable fit
Core i7-11700K251 W96 °CAcceptable fit95 °CAcceptable fit
Core Ultra 7 265K250 W96 °CAcceptable fit95 °CAcceptable fit
Core i9-12900KS241 W94 °CAcceptable fit93 °CAcceptable fit
Ryzen 9 9950X3D230 W91 °CAcceptable fit90 °CAcceptable fit
Core i7-14700224 W90 °CAcceptable fit89 °CExcellent fit
Core i9-13900219 W89 °CExcellent fit88 °CExcellent fit
Core i7-12700KF190 W82 °CExcellent fit81 °CExcellent fit
Core Ultra 9 285182 W80 °CExcellent fit79 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-14600KF181 W79 °CExcellent fit78 °CExcellent fit
Ryzen 9 7900X3D162 W75 °CExcellent fit74 °CExcellent fit
Core Ultra 5 245K159 W74 °CExcellent fit73 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-13500154 W73 °CExcellent fit72 °CExcellent fit
Core i5-12600KF150 W72 °CExcellent fit71 °CExcellent fit