Core i9 12900K vs Ryzen 9 5950X - Test in 10 Games. Posted: May 27, 2025 | Last updated: May 27, 2025 ...

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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.

In other words, the 12900KS is an overclocked 12900K. Thus, the performance difference, as compared to the original 12th gen Core i9 chip, is almost negligible.

Intel introduced the Core i9 12900K in November 2021. The processor was introduced as part of the 12the generation Alder Lake lineup. With twice as many cores as the 11900K and much improved ...

temperatures of the Core i9 12900K at 5.1 GHz, at 1.3 Volts; ... Intel Core i9 9900K, and Intel Core i9 10850K (the two last ones didn’t have to be delidded, as it’s soldered), ...

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.

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 ...

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At most, the Core i9-12900KS is 8% faster based on early benchmarks (and my own testing of the Core i9-12900K). Tom’s Hardware found less than a 3% difference while gaming, and that was only at ...

The Core i9-12900KS is a new, but also not that new CPU from Intel. We reviewed the 12900K when it was released about six months ago and were very impressed with its performance. It was a great ...