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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Dante Verizon - Sunday, July 31, 2022 - link
Honestly, iGPU performance seems abnormal.. What's going ontygrus - Sunday, July 31, 2022 - link
What's the avg power or task energy while doing different workloads? eg. Browser/office apps, video playback, video encoding/Transcoding, MT technical.MDD1963 - Monday, August 1, 2022 - link
AT is really on top of reviewing the fastest CPUs within less than 4-5 months of their releases...!!! :/MDD1963 - Monday, August 1, 2022 - link
Doing CPU comparisons with only a 2080Ti is bogus.....(good on ya'll for not using a GTX1060, however!)Alistair - Monday, August 1, 2022 - link
it's fine, just use 720p instead of 1080p, you'll get higher FPS with a 2080 Ti at 720p than a 3090 Ti at 1080pgallon6341 - Saturday, September 17, 2022 - link
In this gen I am very impressed with the i5 12400f.