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: 4K
All of our game testing results, including other resolutions, can be found in our benchmark database: www.anandtech.com/bench. All gaming tests were with an RTX 2080 Ti.
We are using DDR5 memory at the following settings:
- DDR5-4800(B) CL40
Civilization VI
Final Fantasy 14
Final Fantasy 15
World of Tanks
Borderlands 3
Far Cry 5
Gears Tactics
Grand Theft Auto V
Strange Brigade (DirectX 12)
Strange Brigade (Vulkan)
When gaming at 4K resolutions, the Core i9-12900KS performs very well, although the Core i9-12900K does outperform it in a couple of games. It's also worth noting that in our game benchmark suite, the Core i9-12900KS for the better part, actually outperforms the AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D, but the latter almost certain wins in situations where more L3 cache is favored by the game title.
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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.