Testseek.co.uk have collected 214 expert reviews of the Intel Core i9 12900K 3.2GHz Socket 1700 and the average rating is 88%. Scroll down and see all reviews for Intel Core i9 12900K 3.2GHz Socket 1700.
November 2021
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214 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
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1048 Reviews
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The editors liked
Superior to AMD's 5950X in most benchmarks
Improved gaming performance
Superb single/multi-core performance
Both CPUs offer integrated graphics
12900K marginally cheaper than 5950X
Incredible productivity performance
Incredible performance
Power efficient
Supports all the latest tech
Great for gaming
Storming gaming performance
Good productivity performance that is close to Ryzen 9 5950X
Intel has finally moved on from its 14nm process
Intel's Performance Hybrid architecture is a major change of direction
Support for PCI Express Gen 5
The editors didn't like
Extremely power hungry
Costly to upgrade to
Problems with gaming performance
Requires other hardware upgrades
Will have to buy all new hardware
Power draw is high and efficiency is unimpressive
DDR5 is brand new and will take time to improve
High cost for the new platform
Windows 10 performance is unpredictable. Best to use Windows 11
There is minimal potential for overclocking with conventio
Our measurements and benchmark scores show that Alder Lake-U processors can make sense, but both Intel as well as notebook manufacturers make it rather difficult for the customer. There are multiple factors for this, starting with the sheer number of Inte...
Published: 2022-10-04, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: Last week we checked out the flagship 16-core Ryzen 9 7950X and found it to be a productivity monster, crushing the Core i9-12900K with ease. However, that CPU is also quite a bit more expensive than the Core i9, so today we're taking a look at a Zen 4 pr...
Published: 2022-04-19, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: Today we're running a massive gaming benchmark comparison between the Ryzen 7 5800X3D and Core i9-12900K. We'll be comparing the two head to head across 40 games at 1080p, 1440p and 4K, using a wide range of games from battle royale to real-time strategy...
Published: 2022-04-05, Author: John , review by: pcmag.com
Abstract: Trying to figure out the best CPU for your next PC upgrade or DIY build? With apologies to Robert Frost, it's the classic two roads that parted in the wood—if the wood were a shopping-results page at Newegg or Amazon, and the road kept dividing endlessly...
Published: 2022-04-05, Author: John , review by: pcmag.com
Abstract: Trying to figure out the best CPU for your next PC upgrade or DIY build? With apologies to Robert Frost, it's the classic two roads that parted in the wood—if the wood were a shopping-results page at Newegg or Amazon, and the road kept dividing endlessly...
Abstract: Intel was never going to be without its performance crown for long, so with approriate pomp and ceremony Jacob Ridley introduces the new CPU king. Read our Intel Core i9 12900K Review.Meet Alder Lake, Intel's all-new 12th gen processor architecture. It'...
Published: 2021-12-20, Author: Michael , review by: phoronix.com
Abstract: One of the much requested Linux benchmarks since the debut of Intel Alder Lake last month has been for seeing the Core i9 12900K in different core configurations with its mix of P and E cores. Now that the Linux kernel activity has begun settling down aro...
This is probably the last of our Alder Lake special investigation articles. We looked at DDR4 vs. DDR5, Alder Lake & Windows 10, E-cores Only Performance and DDR5 Performance Scaling so far. Today, we've done a round of benchmarking at various power limi...
Published: 2021-12-05, Author: Paul , review by: tomshardware.com
The Intel Core i9-12900K is the fastest gaming processor on the planet while the Core i5-12600K offers unprecedented gaming performance at its price point. Whip in superior pricing and excellent performance in all other types of workloads, and both Alder...
Published: 2021-11-30, Author: Rob , review by: techgage.com
Intel's 12thgen is superfast, both in singleand multithread scenarios, We saw great performance from both tested chips in encoding and rendering tests, The Core i912900K beat out AMD's Ryzen 9 5950X more often than not in our tests, Intel's genovergen imp
Power consumption at load is a lot higher than the respective AMD competition, The higherend 12thgen SKUs will require really good cooling, Windows 11 is required for ideal performance. Windows 10 and Linux will improve over time
Since Techgage launched over fifteen-years-ago, we've used and thoroughly benchmarked every Intel CPU generation to come along. After a while, things admittedly became a little boring, as we were simply not seeing the kind of gains from gen-to-gen that we...
