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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MDD1963 - Thursday, November 4, 2021 - link
Not sure what statement was actually intended there....jerrylzy - Friday, November 5, 2021 - link
Even with DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 Intel is only barely competitive with AMD on the high end, and that's pretty sad. Only 12600K is competitive.Spunjji - Friday, November 5, 2021 - link
PCIe 5.0 is currently useless to consumers and likely to be so for the duration of ADL's life. DDR5 is currently far more expensive and doesn't provide a compelling performance benefit for most users.So, yeah - just as Comet Lake was a reasonable alternative to Zen 2 and 3 for many users despite being stuck on PCIe 3.0, so ADL doesn't really make a compelling argument for itself just by having PCIe 5.0.
NikosD - Friday, November 5, 2021 - link
@reviewersAny sign of AMX silicon inside P-cores ?
As another Intel's surprise like AVX-512, I mean.
cc2onouui - Friday, November 5, 2021 - link
Good performance with DDR5 but this review is less than complete (after you started "intel vs AMD ddr4 was not used for the tests) that's odd because DRAM price and MB makes the pick..it's sad that an important review with too much effort (now more than 17000 words)looks only on the shallow.. is windows 10 used for gaming tests or 11 and why ddr4 is out so the not good enough 2080ti5j3rul3 - Thursday, November 4, 2021 - link
Is there any advanced analysis between TSMC N7 and Intel 7?grahaman27 - Thursday, November 4, 2021 - link
Both are marketing terms that mean nothing. There.Wrs - Thursday, November 4, 2021 - link
But they happen to be surprisingly close. Can't go wrong with one over the other.Spunjji - Friday, November 5, 2021 - link
They are both marketing terms, yes, but they both refer to actual processes that can be compared.Fataliity - Thursday, November 4, 2021 - link
Der8auer had a video at... Kleindeck i think? Where they analyzed the transistors of Intel 10nm vs AMD 7nm processor. Essentially they are almost equal.