The Intel 12th Gen Core i9-12900K Review: Hybrid Performance Brings Hybrid Complexity
by Dr. Ian Cutress & Andrei Frumusanu on November 4, 2021 9:00 AM ESTCPU Performance: Windows 11 vs Windows 10
There are going to be a lot of Windows 11 vs Windows 10 testing over the next few months, based on different CPUs, chipsets, configurations, and even situations where CPUs are replaced and drivers need to be reinstalled to get full performance. Windows 11 is still young, and most of our tests worked (WSL did not, will need to find out why). In this instance both OS installs were fresh and default with all updates and updated drivers. We haven't had time to run our gaming tests, those should come soon.
Windows 11 has a small effect on some of our Multi-Threaded tests, such as y-cruncher, Speedometer, and AES, but for the most part it's quite minimal.
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blanarahul - Thursday, November 4, 2021 - link
"Using all the eight E-cores, at 3.9 GHz, brings the package power up to 48 W total."This sounds amazing for inexpensive (i3 class) laptop processors since Gracemont sips power and doesn't take much die space.
Great_Scott - Thursday, November 4, 2021 - link
I'd actually prefer a all-Gracemont CPU for Laptops. Seems like it would be better for intentionally maximizing battery life. Skylake+ level performance is perfect for most use cases.TheinsanegamerN - Thursday, November 4, 2021 - link
Indeed, they have it backwards for laptops, it should be 2-6 gracemont cores then 1-2 power cores for a CPU, not the other way around.karmapop - Thursday, November 4, 2021 - link
I'm guessing you missed the articles describing the two separate mobile dies for Alder Lake? We've got Alder Lake-P (6P + 8E) for performance mobile designs, and Alder Lake-M (2P + 8E) for the ultra mobile low power SKUs.at_clucks - Saturday, November 6, 2021 - link
I'm very happy with exactly-Skylake-level performance in my desktop :). I'd more than gladly take the same performance and cut the power in half. I'm sure there's quite a big market for that kind of performance in a lower powered package regardless of form factor (mobile, desktop).Meteor2 - Tuesday, November 9, 2021 - link
There really is. I may well pick up a 2P+8E ADL laptop, but a desktop box would suit me bettermode_13h - Wednesday, November 10, 2021 - link
Keep an eye on ASRock. They sell mini-ITX motherboards with that class of SoC.https://www.asrock.com/mb/index.us.asp#Intel%20CPU
Spunjji - Friday, November 5, 2021 - link
That's actually not great in power terms compared to what AMD can do with 8 Zen 3 cores on TSMC N7 - but yeah, in the context of die area, something built around (say) 2 P cores and 4 E cores can probably put in a very good showing for inexpensive devices.Netmsm - Thursday, November 4, 2021 - link
Becomes competitive to previous AMD's.EnglishMike - Thursday, November 4, 2021 - link
Previous AMDs support DDR5 and PCR 5.0?Huh. That one slipped by me...