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
Average score from owners of the product.
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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
Published: 2021-11-04, Author: Marco , review by: hothardware.com
Excellent Single Threaded Performance, Strong MultiThreaded Performance, CuttingEdge Platform, 16 PCIe Gen 5 Lanes Of The CPU, Competitive CPU Pricing, Increased Core Counts Up And Down The Stack
Premium Priced Motherboards And DDR5 RAM, Relatively High Power Consumption At The Top End
Published: 2021-11-04, Author: Sebastian , review by: pcper.com
The Falcon Northwest Talon we looked at today is an absolute beast, and is an example of what one can accomplish with a cost-no-object build. Very few people will spend close to $7k on a computer (though it would make a pretty compelling professional work...
Published: 2021-11-04, Author: Dr. , review by: anandtech.com
Suffice to say, Intel's new 12th Generation Core family has added more variables to the mix than a traditional processor launch. The combination of different types of core, coming at a time where a new operating system has just been launched, but also at...
World's fastest gaming processor, Impressive application performance, Huge gains in low-threaded applications, Multiplier unlocked, Energy efficiency improved, Integrated graphics, Support for DDR5 and PCI-Express 5.0, 10 nanometer production process
High price, Very high heat output / power usage, New LGA1700 motherboards required, Some workloads get scheduled onto wrong cores, Energy efficiency worse than AMD Zen 3, No CPU cooler included, Manual overclocking not worth it
The Intel Core i9-12900K will sell for around $600. World's fastest gaming processor Impressive application performance Huge gains in low-threaded applications Multiplier unlocked Energy efficiency improved Integrated graphics Support for DDR5 and PCI-Ex...
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Published: 2021-11-04, Author: Chris , review by: pcmag.com
Outright benchmark wins across many different runs, Z690 platform comes with support for DDR5, depending on the motherboard, Priced aggressively versus AMD, Numerous overclocking features
Requires new motherboard, High cost of adoption for peak performance, At the moment, not compatible with some games that use Denuvo DRM protection
The Core i9-12900K is Intel's first truly innovative high-end desktop CPU in years, showing great potential in its performance/efficiency mixed-core design and support for DDR5 memory. Just expect a high initial cost of adoption—and, perhaps, some PC-ga...
Published: 2021-11-04, Author: Jacob , review by: pcgamer.com
Incredible single
Some games don't play nicely with Alder Lake yet, High power consumption, Potentially high platform costs at launch
The Core i9 12900K is an enthusiast processor built for boasting. It offers the highest gaming frame rates in most titles and its clever new architecture and cutting-edge features provide multithreaded performance on tap. If you're building a super high-e...
Published: 2021-11-04, Author: Steven , review by: techspot.com
Abstract: Starting with the top-of-the-line Core i9-12900K CPU, we can finally show you how Intel's new 12th generation Alder Lake processor architecture performs. The chip is priced at $650, which means Intel has positioned their new flagship desktop CPU squarely...
Abstract: We must admit that when we heard about the 12th generation Intel Core-I's were just around the corner we were rather… puzzled as it has been less than a year since 11th gen landed… but mainly excited. Then we remembered how Alder Lake would be a combinati...
