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12900K with NZXT KRAKEN X73 ( 40-50C in Far Cry 6 ) 2x16GB DDR4 KINGSTON DDR4 3600MHZ in GEAR 1 I went from Aorus Z490 and 10850K to 12900K and Aorus Z690 Elite DDR4. Windows 10 is installed on ...

When Intel and Microsoft stated that the 12h Gen Alder Lake architecture is optimized for Windows 11, they probably didn't lie as suggested by benchmarks run on both platforms using a Core i9-12900K.

The fact the Core i9-12900K can apparently better the Ryzen 9 5950X means that other those small cores are actually reasonably powerful, or the new architecture is that much faster.

We've been testing the $589 Core i9 12900K and $289 Core i5 12600K for the past week against their 11th-gen predecessors and AMD's Ryzen 5000 processors, and have come away impressed with what ...

Intel Core i9 12900K | 8+8 core | 24 threads | 5.2GHz Boost clock (P-core) | $589 $356 at Amazon (save $233) For a whole lot less than it launched for, you can pick up Alder Lake's flagship chip.

AMD’s Ryzen 9 7900X wipes the floor with Intel’s Core i9 12900K in most of the creator tasks I threw at it. The only exception was PugetBench for Premiere Pro, where Intel holds a clear advantage.

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 ...

You can find the Core i9-12900K in stock at most major retailers. The Ryzen 9 7950X is brand new, so it’s likely going to sell out and stack out of stock for a couple of weeks.

The Core i9-12900K's multi-threaded performance here is clear, out-stripping the Ryzen 9 5950X, which costs more and offering significantly more grunt than the Ryzen 9 5900X and Core i9-11900K.

If we compared it against Intel's current flagship Core i9-12900K processor, AMD's new mid-range Ryzen 5 7600X is quite a champion: up to 22% faster than the 12900K in single-core tests, but loses ...