The Intel Core i9-12900K is the most recently released one, and it is still at full price pretty much everywhere. You'll find this 16-core processor at around $612 / £559 / AU$949.

Performant as it is, the Core i9-12900K is a hot processor. During our tests, it peaked at around 86 degrees Celsius, which is right around where the Ryzen 7 5800X3D peaked.

They were the first generation of CPUs to use Intel's new big.LITTLE hybrid core layout, similar to Arm chips, and the Intel Core i9-12900K was one of the most powerful SKUs, launching for $589.

As well as the Core i9-12900K and AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, I've added results for several other AMD CPUs, with all these results using the latest Windows 11 updates and drivers as of May 2022. Test ...

Intel says it expects to ship hundreds of thousands of K-series CPUs by the end of 2021 and over two million by the end of March 2022. And that's a current estimate, despite rampant chip shortages.

When overclocked, the Ryzen 9 5950X can draw around 200W of power, but that’s still far below the Core i9-12900K. The Intel chip can draw closer to 300W when overclocked based on our testing.

The new Intel Core i9-12900K is a fun chip to review. It has a lot going on for $600 price tag. And that makes it fun to compare to what AMD is doing with its $530 Ryzen 9 5900X and its $800 Ryzen ...

Intel Core i9-12900K Gaming Desktop Processor with Integrated Graphics and 16 (8P+8E) Cores up to 5.2 GHz Unlocked LGA1700 600 Series Chipset 125W. Low Stock. $824.99. $439.99. View Deal.

It largely boils down to how much you're willing to spend on the processor. Both the Intel Core i9-12900K and Core i5-12600K are part of Intel's 12th Gen family of CPUs, codenamed Alder Lake, and ...

As you'd expect, it'll cost a bit more to jump into Intel's 12th-gen chips. The Core i9-12900K will go for $589, compared to the 11900K's $539 to $549 price range.

Intel took the desktop CPU performance crown last year with its Core i9-12900K processor.And now, nearly a year later, AMD is ready to trade blows again with its next-generation Ryzen Zen 4 CPUs.

Intel’s new flagship Core i9-12900K hasn’t even been announced yet, and it’s already on sale. A Reddit poster managed to purchase two of the unreleased CPUs.