The Intel Core i9-12900KS Review: The Best of Intel's Alder Lake, and the Hottest
by Gavin Bonshor on July 29, 2022 8:00 AM ESTGaming Performance: iGPU
All of our game testing results, including other resolutions, can be found in our benchmark database: www.anandtech.com/bench. All gaming tests here were run using integrated graphics, with a variation of 720p resolutions and at minimum settings.
We are using DDR5 memory for Alder Lake at the following settings:
- DDR5-4800(B) CL40
All of AMD's Ryzen APUs were tested with DDR4 memory at the relevant JEDEC specifications of each chip.
Final Fantasy 14
World of Tanks
Borderlands 3
Far Cry 5
Gears Tactics
Grand Theft Auto V
Strange Brigade (DirectX 12)
Looking at the performance between Intel's UHD 770 integrated graphics and AMD's Ryzen APUs, it's clear that the APUs perform much better in all of the games that require more intensive graphics. It's worth mentioning that Intel hasn't put as much investment into its die space for the iGPU to be as effective, and Intel is just hitting the bare minimum here for games at lower resolutions.
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Alistair - Friday, July 29, 2022 - link
peak power was 276 watts...Carls Car - Saturday, July 30, 2022 - link
Peak power can get way higher.dicobalt - Saturday, July 30, 2022 - link
I'm sure kilowatt PCs will cause no electrical problems at all. At this rate people will need to hire an electrician to make sure it's safe. It's not like DIY repairs in hurricane and flood zones ever cause fires or deaths.Tunnah - Saturday, July 30, 2022 - link
It's just so violently 'Murican. Pure horsepower and engine size, drinks tons of fuel and is inefficient as hell. The alternatives do way better with less power and cost you less to run. It's just so..brash.But people will buy it because they wanna wave their willys.
Carls Car - Saturday, July 30, 2022 - link
Because enthusiasts don't exist.Alistair - Sunday, July 31, 2022 - link
All the top CPU designs are American ;pGrapple - Saturday, July 30, 2022 - link
Would have loved to see one 12th Gen Core i9 at each power level in the charts — i9-12900T, i9-12900, i9-12900K, and the i9-12900KS — to see how the power/performance looks across the gamut.stephenbrooks - Saturday, July 30, 2022 - link
Yes - the 12900T looked the 2nd-most-interesting chip to me in this lineup, I'm curious what this does at lower power.I think the 12900F looks best because: it's the cheapest, doesn't have a iGPU you won't use, uses less power but not a particularly bad regression on clocks.
Alistair - Sunday, July 31, 2022 - link
but the 5800x3d is far ahead of the 12900fhansip87 - Sunday, July 31, 2022 - link
Those heat output could be linked to the LGA 1700 locking issue. i bet those who bought such a chip won't mind using the aftermarket bracket.