Intel Did It: Core i9-12900K CPU Review & Benchmarks vs. AMD

[@GamersNexus]

Grab a GN Tear-Down Toolkit on back-order now to guarantee you get one in the next run! We have arrival dates on the store now. These have been in production a long time and have been in constant demand, so to make sure you get one, pick up a back-order here: store.gamersnexus.net/products/gamersnexus-tear-down-toolkit Watch Windows 10 vs. Windows 11 performance on the Intel Alder Lake CPUs: kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnOphYabn5Ksf9U Watch our Intel i5-12600K review here! kzbin.info/www/bejne/hZyrfptuqLqGq68 If you want to see the full Alder Lake specs, we covered that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b6rTg5p_gdh3gtE And if you missed the Alder Lake architecture deep dive, you can find that here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqWmp6Jvja-NesU

[@beavatatlan]

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[@calvintrinh4869]

First

[@beavatatlan]

@@calvintrinh4869 no

[@beavatatlan]

@@EpicGamingEct their box desgin might be cooler, but the cpus are not

[@Muckylittleme]

Hi great review as always. I would love to hear a real world $ per hour/week/month/year (whatever arbitrary baselines you set) power usage included since electricity is getting so expensive. How much more would it cost to run an i9-12900K than a 5600X for example over those metrics - is the extra power usage significant or trivial on those terms?

[@zCaptainz]

Intel's answer: "Hit the gas pedal! Floor it!" "But sir, it's hitting 250 Watts" "F*** it.. 1000W PSUs are the new meta"

[@teemuvesala9575]

well nvidia is planning 450w gpu so yeah...

[@johnscaramis2515]

@@teemuvesala9575 The upcoming PCIe5 connector for GPUs will support 600W. Won't take long until GPUs are running at this limit.

[@ColdVenom159]

um ya man 1000 watt psus have been a thing for years. get out from the rock youve been living under. if youre running high end hardware you better be running at min 1000 watts

[@ColdVenom159]

@@teemuvesala9575 coombining gpu wattage to cpu wattage makes no sense at all. no game uses 100% cpu and gpu, intel still clocks higher which requires more power.

[@hanzhong_wang]

@@ColdVenom159 The thing is those PSUs were targeted towards multi-GPU setups 3-4 years ago. Being available for HEDT consumers and being required for a mainstream build are two different concepts.

[@J_KM654]

“As a reminder… If your CPU drops below 100 FPS in this game, Jensen Huang personally shows up and repossess your GPU” got me cracking up 😂

[@n1t21r3]

Does it count if it's integrated? 😅😭😂

[@zdroid2651]

time stamp?

[@barcelo2304]

@@zdroid2651 19:00

[@ar1xx._.626]

Whos jensen huang btw?

[@whyjay9959]

I guess I shouldn't play it on my Phenom II. Unless he gives you a better one?

[@jellorelic]

So, so weird seeing you on a different set Steve. Looks great, don't get me wrong... just been sooo many years of those industrial shelves behind you. Glad the new office space is getting ready!

[@chairwood]

Im getting u wrong 😔

[@Grandwigg]

Yeah. It's strange, and in a relatively recent follower of the channel. (I can't quite bring myself to call him tech Jesus). The new location is looking good, though. I've got to say, the new cpu does look appealing, but I imagine it will have a lot of the same early adopter headaches for a bit.

[@JusticeWarden]

Steve, it was nice meeting you when you were getting more office equipment today! Love your channel and how informative it is for beginner and even advanced pc enthusiasts. Y'all definitely helped me decide on what pc parts are optimal.

[@fieldrat9046]

Clearly AMD’s mistake was using only efficiency cores in their design! /s

[@noahokeyo]

Underrated comment

[@oksowhat]

underrated

[@beavatatlan]

overrated comment

[@andersjjensen]

Thank you for the laugh good Sir!

[@andymath89]

How DARE AMD do such a terrible thing? Being extremely efficient? WTF?!?

[@tzuyd]

"Single digit differences, often less than 10%" This solidifies everything I know about maths

[@lefterislazaropoulos8846]

a single digit difference can be more than 10%, for example if you have baseline 60fps, a 10% gain would be 6fps, so +9fps would be a single digit difference but a double digit percentage gain

[@NBWDOUGHBOY]

The 12900K at around $600 bucks is Faster than the 5950X at around $750 bucks. That's where it counts

[@nipa5961]

@@NBWDOUGHBOY Well, not really. The 5950X is at 719€, the 12900K is at 679€. Taking the much, much higher motherboard, memory and cooling costs into consideration, Alder Lake won't be any cheaper than Zen3 in the near future, but it's great to finally see real competition again.

[@pilotguy1141]

@@NBWDOUGHBOY but good luck trying to get either one at MSRP

[@sandyfordd1843]

There are three types of people in the world, those who are good at maths and those who aren’t.

[@KennethWayne]

Whenever Steve mentions the 11900k the disgust is PALPABLE

[@roknroller6052]

I think the 12900 will become similar, because the 12700 is So Close in spec, 8+4 - 8+8.. maybe I'm wrong we'll see with the benchmarks, But I can't see how the extra performance from 4 E-cores (= 1 p core) could justify the cost Seems the i9 is prioritising efficiency, Over the i7. Which doesn't make sense for the flagship, instead of 10+4

[@FADHsquared]

@@roknroller6052 look at the power consumption it's already borderline unacceptable. Imagine if they went with 10 + 4

[@Azerkeux]

I am genuinely turned off by the favoritism shown by certain tech channels, whether they subtly favor intel or amd, it is inappropriate given what they represent and how their reviews can affect sales.

[@roknroller6052]

@FADHsquared... that's like comparing fuel consumption a supercar lol. The i9 is the Balls out flagship it's not made for people prioritising efficiency. 10+4 would be almost double the gain of the current 12700 to 12900, I would happily take the 15-20w ish more

[@elitecol69]

@@Azerkeux literally every KZbin channel. Maybe stop watching KZbin.

[@brovid-19]

I never get tired of hearing Steve dump on 11900k at every chance he gets. It's funny every time.

[@Darkhalo314]

It never gets old. I love it too

[@brovid-19]

@@Darkhalo314 i have 11900k :D

[@MarcABrown-tt1fp]

@@brovid-19 Well.. At least it isn't getting wasted, so long as you got it for a cheap price.

[@RTSchofield]

​@@brovid-19it was more valuable as sand

[@djmysz]

@@brovid-19I'm sorry for you

[@RGVZGM]

You and your team deserve all the praise for getting this done while moving. Great job!

[@Mr.Morden]

Can't wait to see AMD strike back with 3D Vcache. This is a good time for CPUs.

[@nightruler666]

If you can find them

[@TheEtueify]

AMD admitted 3D cache is expensive though, so it's basically unavoidable to make the 3D CPU's expensive. So it's probably not gonna be good value. ( Much like the 12000 series is bad value due to motherboard/ddr5 prices )

[@Antonio_Sosa99]

AMD die this year dude. AMD don't say anything this year, probably Said nothing. Depend to much of TSMC

[@jaronmarles941]

@@TheEtueify More like a bad time due to retailers jacking up the price. B&H has a "sale" on the 5950X for $750... That's MSRP....

[@theworksautomotive9445]

Actually all the difference appears to be Ram and ram alone

[@Wenti_Tempest]

"Probably better off as sand on a beach somewhere" that absolutely killed me

[@SteveAkaDarktimes]

especially since we kinda are running out of sand.

[@hmmmyes6934]

@@SteveAkaDarktimes We always are

[@killtyrant]

Currently hoarding sand so my great grand kids can be better off than myself

[@various3394]

I think in the original 11900k video he said something like “this sand would be better served stuck in someone’s bathing suit”

[@LtdJorge]

@@SteveAkaDarktimes no, we're not

[@TimeBucks]

Great review as usual.

[@grapesforallofus]

😳😲😳😲

[@Sheikrisvan1991]

Nice

[@onemanenclave]

"usual". that's carefully worded indeed 🤣

[@SpinDlsc]

So what you're saying Steve is: "You can literally see it!" All joking aside, it's good to see Intel finally in a competitive spot again with a product that really is unique. Here's hoping both respective companies will continue to beat out one another so what we can keep getting better products from either side.

[@insomniacbritgaming1632]

They have been competitive each generation... until AMD catch up on the generations lol

[@dosko9980]

damn if we only got competitive pricing now.

[@TheKazragore]

If they couldn't catch up to AMD'S previous gen after a year and a half and two generations of their own, I'd have been worried.

[@pachodomi]

Damn if only power consumption was competitive.

[@Elc22]

So, they managed to meet and exceed the 5950x by throwing wattage at it. Lol. At least they are improving and pressuring AMD to continually improve too. Seriously though, 2x the power draw of a stock 5950x... That's insane.

[@notaname1750]

You know what they say. If it works, it works!!

[@benjamintran5444]

Yeap, Intel just set the CPU's operating voltage higher than NOMINAL one to beat AMD's CPUs. That explained why the power is so high. I am sure that will affect the lifetime of its CPU's... I predicted that we will hear a lot about Intel's 12K series CPUs are dead at higher rate than usual within one or two years...

[@jamesm568]

The last time I checked it has always helped increasing voltage and wattage on a CPU.

[@FunKaYxxD1sCO]

The 5950x is a monster.

[@isnogood-]

I need cooler pc, not hotter. I need ac

[@bilbobaggin3]

dang, the new set looks dope, and the lighting feels way better, too

[@Greali]

@@BobDevV seems like green screen yup

[@FleaOnMyWiener]

It's real

[@TheGinGear]

It looks like a green-screen because the angles of the lighting on the background set and the foreground (including Steve) are different. Which is something that everyone can subconsciously pick up on. It's real; it's just shenanigans due to lighting

[@WinderTP]

@@TheGinGear the lighting on Steve is also pretty even especially on the face which makes it look more like typical greenscreen lighting. Loses some of the character imo but at least his hair remains fabulous

[@mathesar]

@@BobDevV I thought it was green screen too but then realized its most likely just really bright lighting, maybe a bit overkill lol. EDIT: Ok after watching the intro again I'm conflicted on real or not ,something seems a little off with the lighting.

[@ColdRunnerGWN]

It's great to see Intel back in the game. Unfortunately, this GPU situation means that upgrading for gaming is not worth it for a lot of people.

[@samiam9059]

Amd is the better balance financially. The numbers are not that big of a breakthrough (imho)

[@cardbored_]

@@samiam9059 Huh? The 5950x is more expensive than the 12900k

[@samiam9059]

@@cardbored_ I have the 5900x not the 5950X

[@Nosuchthingasnormalhere]

@@samiam9059 Unfortunately AMD is more unreliable. The compatibility issues with windows has been an outcry. The sad part is most won't notice as they think its just windows, but when you manage thousands in scale and see similar occurrences across them you get the picture that something is at play. Maybe intel is in bed with Microsoft to make sure there stuff works better then the competition, we don't really know. I don't like intel but we dropped supplying AMD for businesses. BTW that's using OEM from Dell, HPE not your gaming builds, or as we know them "white label". That's not saying we have not tested building our own, which we came to the same conclusion.

[@samiam9059]

@@Nosuchthingasnormalhere Actually AMD is more reliable and have had no compatibility problems at all with my amd cpu's and have loaded win10 and the latest tech of it all and works great. Intel on the other hand sadly is stuck in old school ways to be faster with inefficient power management, more heat when you don't want it and actually said they do not support overclocking and do it as your own risk.... AMD's overclocking software works excellent on my 5900x(imo). Not to mention the older 4700g is amazing for how inexpensive it was if you could get as they were OEM to manufacturers. My two I9's have not been as smooth....

[@Pezby69]

Its not "trouble" for AMD . Its competition and AMD will rise to the situation and develop / design more competition for Intel. The cycle will continue. Who wins ? We do as consumers hopefully.

[@arch1107]

that is pure truth, back when amd was losing, i won, their parts were dirt cheap and great for my needs and others

[@yama007]

What ? who will buy 240W CPU providing similar performance like 120W CPU ? common

[@Scoelho83]

@@arch1107 and Intel in some benchmark using DDR 5 5200 and and R9 ddr4 3200, not mention intel 12k consume 400w so where's the efficiency green energy?

[@drbali]

Hopefully. AMDs margins arre honestly ridiculous compared to rest of the industry

[@arch1107]

@@Scoelho83 definitively not here, amd has that advantage and amd wants to cut in half their own power consumption over the next 5 years, intel, is doubling their power consumption it is not even funny anymore

[@Scarlet_Soul]

The power consumption difference is huge though, near double the power consumption for in general comparable scores

[@krystina662]

Yeah, in a hindsight, people said that zen 3 threw efficiency out of a window, Intel smashed it and set it on fire before throwing

[@KleinMeme]

Yup, in my eyes that's insane. As i wrote for ~0-15% more performance against the competition? I thought GN would blame the consumption more as they did in the past. I was a bit confused they did not. I will see how much it will cost in reality. MSRP is todays no info to consider nowadays. :(

[@irridiastarfire]

Based on my napkin math a 12900K running 24 hours a day for 365 days would cost $187 (dollarydoos) more than a 5950X for the same Blender performance (2.88KWh / day @ $0.1831 / KWh). Obviously that's an oversimplification because most people don't run at full power all day and night for a year but it's not a trivial difference.

[@DustinShort]

we had a decade of "you don't really need 1000W PSUs" and now we might be back to a world where we need to spend and extra $100 on power. Alderlake looks solid, but I think the "value" proposition is minimal at the moment considering that DDR5, mobos, and PSUs are all gonna be more pricey than a comparable Zen 3 platform. I'm interested to see what Zen 3+ with DDR5 support brings to the table....and then continue to use my old busted HW because the chip shortage is real lol.

[@needles_balloon]

@@KleinMeme They might not have mentioned the performance to power usage ratio as much because 1. They're using Windows 10 instead of 11 which should be better 2. They were using a worse memory config than they wanted to. I doubt that those 2 things will lower power consumption, but it may increase performance to make the trade off a bit more worth it. Perhaps it's also because this is a $600+ flagship part where cooling costs are less of a consideration compared the 12600K

[@salitz91]

"Waste of sand" never fails to make me laugh - yall rock.

[@salitz91]

@@8jzX_u1LN_Uez2 They only bestow that moniker on a chip that either drastically underperforms, or in the case of the 5800x more recently, essentially shouldn't exist because of its price/performance essentially being covered by the 5600x and 5900x. I don't think GN believes they could ever make a CPU. They are looking out for consumers, giving us information, and telling manufacturers how to improve their products and pricing. Not sure if you took the term personally.

[@salitz91]

@@8jzX_u1LN_Uez2So if Gigabyte makes PSUs that explode and GN does the quality control tests to find out why, they shouldn't tell Gigabyte, just because GN isn't a PSU manufacturer? While manufacturers do know how to make their products, consumers have a vested interest in knowing their purchases are sound and demanding quality. Even though I and GN don't know how a PSU or CPU are made exactly doesn't mean we can't or shouldn't demand that they don't catch on fire or are priced better. Anyway, at the end of the day, manufacturers are selling a product for profit. By Steve and the guys at GN calling a chip a waste of sand, they're telling consumers they are better off spending their money differently, and providing the manufacturer with some tongue in cheek feedback that their product offering or pricing needs revision. Demand curves versus price is a fundamental economic concept, and GN uses the platform to give feedback to the suppliers to assist the market better. It wasn't as simple as an insult, and GN just wants to see quality products at reasonable prices. In a time when any CPU is hard to come by, GN told intel it was essentially a waste to make 11700k and that AMD would be better off economically by focusing on the other CPUs.

[@salitz91]

Yes. And if we all refuse to buy 11700Ks and Gigabyte PSUs, they know to change them or stop making them, just as Gamers Nexus points out to encourage market action. I just wonder what's your point in all this? Just not a GN fan? Chip manufacturer employee that feels slighted? Just like to make platitudes and try to point out fallacies to make others argue? You haven't made a specific claim in regards to the original comment.

[@tristanreymendoza2402]

@@8jzX_u1LN_Uez2 ok, sure Intel

[@tomstonemale]

@@8jzX_u1LN_Uez2 like you need to make cpus to criticize their preformance versus price value lol. Nobody could have recommended on good concience that POS of a cpu on launch.

[@browerkyle]

It's not that I don't care about your methodology, I've been watching long enough to know that you've done your due diligence on your testing. Any mistakes that are uncovered, you're quick to make corrections. Love your work and love my new GN mousemat!

[@pirojfmifhghek566]

Me looking at the benchmarks: "Wow, that's nice. I guess Intel is really getting competitive for once." Power Consumption Benchmarks: "HOLY SHIT."

[@josebr0]

Imagine buying a artic freezer only to run your CPU at 75 degrees. Insane.

[@HolyRamanRajya]

Yeah double the power of 5950. Looks like Intel's finishing touches were to just overclock and triumph the leaderboards.

[@jonasrossaert2836]

Intel triumphs, POWAH!

[@uniktbrukernavn]

Looks like they learned from NVIDA; just add more power and call it Advanced V-Tech or whatever. V stands for Volts I guess.

[@MRoach03]

Intel is competitive though... There are reasons to buy Intel over AMD- only fanboys can't see that.

[@names-are-for-friends]

lmfao that power chart completely recontextualises the whole review

[@ShogoKawada123]

You mean the one that shows a big improvement vs the 10900K, and similar results to the 5950X when running at similar all-core clock speeds? I don't see how it's Intel's problem that they simply made "stock" on these chips basically actually what would have traditionally been OC behaviour, whereas AMD put super-conservative stock limits on their parts. I'd really argue than the only truly accurate way to compare the actual *physical* efficiency of the chips would be to have the Intel ones in a "stock but without power limits" configuration, and the AMD ones in a "stock but with PBO enabled" configuration.

[@champion1642]

@@ShogoKawada123 Yeah, AMD might've used conservative limits, but they're still within 5-10% of 12900K which uses DOUBLE the power. It's weird that Steve decided to only show the power usage of the overclocked 5950X and not show its performance.

[@bltzcstrnx]

@@champion1642 overclocked 5950x is not good. 10% or so improvement in multi-threaded load, and negative impact to lightly-threaded load. All for 100% more power, totally not worth it.

[@ShogoKawada123]

@@champion1642 The 5950X at 4.7GHz all-core uses basically the same amount of power as the stock 12900K. My point was that this is all entirely a matter of how high the chips are *allowed* to clock up, and not much else. Arbitrary manufacturer-imposed limits prove zero about how *physically* efficient the chips actually are. As always, also, these power concerns aren't going to matter at all if your primary workload is gaming.

[@evrythingis1]

@@ShogoKawada123 The problem is that AMD"s 5950x crushes it in productivity if you overclock it to draw the same power the 12900k does...

[@Ashtree81]

I bought the 9900k a couple of years ago when people were mocking its high power draw. It now seems on the efficient end compared to the past couple of intel generations

[@RN1441]

The loud part: Congratulations intel on outperforming AMD. The quiet part: A full year later at 2x the power draw. I'm legitimately happy to have more choice and supply in the market, I just expected it to be a lot more power efficient given intel has been struggling with this 10nm process for the desktop since ~2016.

[@chubbysumo2230]

If this is priced well from retailers, It could completely take over the 5950X space in the market. It could also force a price drop on the 5950x, which would be even better. Given the unit pricing, I expect these to come in at around $700 retail.

[@RN1441]

@@chubbysumo2230 Price drops and wider choices make everyone win, so I'm all for it.

[@quintoblanco8746]

Yeah, disappointed with the power draw. High performance PCs becoming heaters should not become the new standard.

[@darreno1450]

Disappointed with the actual performance. I expected a lot better after the hype.

[@thelegendaryklobb2879]

The whisper-quiet part: Zen 3D is incoming, likely to match or reclaim the top without an expensive platform change

[@myfavoriteviewer306]

I don't take a side in the CPU wars, but I am absolutely thrilled that close competition seems to be back. Also, the new studio is looking sharp!

[@srinathshettigar379]

250w stock. is this a intel GPU? lol.

[@myfavoriteviewer306]

@@srinathshettigar379 Ya, I was really hoping for a substantial power saving. I'm not upgrading any time soon, but would have been nice to see them make a move in the right direction.

[@jackwinter1507]

@@myfavoriteviewer306 they did? They’re not wasting sand like the 11 series

[@pachodomi]

Double power consumption isn't competitive yet.

[@roknroller6052]

@Black and Red Pill... Yeah honestly you're better saving money on the CPU, Toward a GPU. A used 3600x is a good saving over a New 5800-5900 Which are Just overkill. How times have changed, You used to need the flagship x6800 core2 or 4770k and now an old 8700k or 3600x is more than capable I Remember how 2008 GTA4 the most demanding and badly optimised game of the time, Like cyberpunk now. Needed the latest core2 to run. Whereas now a 2012 Intel 3770k, A 9yr old processor can run playable cp77 at 80 fps Can you imagine in 2008, When GTA4 just ran on my xe6800 core2, Running it on an old Pentium III from 1999, Lmao. CPU progress has been Huge in recent People can save themselves so much Pain over GPU pricing, If they just saved on the CPU. You can get a CPU board and RAM on eB for the price as a New i7 or r7. Only if people realised its easily a $400-600 saving over the 2000-2017, and no impact on game playability, Helps offset the GPU inflation

[@shepherd8762]

I'd love to see comparisons from how it runs on ddr4 vs ddr5 ram and how big of an impact that makes.

[@doublecrossedswine112]

bingo

[@Jonw8222]

hardware unboxed's review covered that.. it pretty much makes no difference, unless it's certain apps/games.. on average not worth the money imo.. which was to be expected, and is always the way with a new generation of RAM.

[@shepherd8762]

@@Jonw8222 I saw theirs after this one. I do still want to see it from gamer nexus

[@nicolasinvernizzi6140]

i was reading the other day that in order to get better performance than a 3200 cl16 ddr4 you have to get ddr5 over 6000 and with latency lower than 36. anything else will result in the same or worst performance. so most ddr5 kits now will not get you a faster pc.

[@Cyber_Akuma]

Same, especially since there are (or will be at least) motherboards that support both, so it would be easier to try to eliminate any other differences other than the RAM.

[@invisa_boi]

Gamers Nexus: "As a reminder if your cpu drops below 100 fps Jensen Huang personally shows up and repossesses your gpu" Me: running r6s at 50 fps with my 1050ti at 100% usage, please take it and give me a 3080 thank you

[@mhobag]

r6s should run higher with a 1050 ti tho

[@nickllama5296]

The numbers were very impressive, then I got to the power section. Holy power draw, Batman! Double the power draw for 10-15% performance gain is nonsensical.

[@sophieedel6324]

Maybe you should add that the high power draw is only in a specific benchmark, and not in gaming. You seem like one of those "worried about power draw" AMD fanboys that twist facts.

[@quirinaled2752]

@Sophie Edel And you seem like one of those people who thinks that graphs clearly showing much higher power consumption to performance mean nothing. The only person who probably doesn't care is someone on a pure productivity business case where power draw, thermals etc may be acceptable vs the value of work output.

[@meunknown69420]

240watts is during workstation workload the 12900k draws closer to 125watts during gaming according to ltt

[@Finder245]

@@sophieedel6324 it’s funny because when Intel processors were more power efficient then AMD processors, Intel fanboys were bashing AMD for making hot garbage. In practice though, the power consumption is an important factor in total cost of ownership. This also tells you that Intel still won’t be competitive in data centers where power efficiency is even more important. Intel might be popular again for running per-core licensed software though.

[@michaelearl6765]

If I remember my EE classes correctly, double the power draw only translates to square-root-of-two times the frequency... So about 140% would be expected?

[@jebo4jc]

Competition is good for us as consumers. Glad to see it. Now, hopefully they can keep them in stock.

[@GinsuChikara]

KZbin needs a laugh react. Their yields are going to be complete shit, and they have to live with the same shortages as everyone else.

[@dontmatter4423]

intel's using their own fabs, so hopefully there won't be a problem

[@dontmatter4423]

​@@GinsuChikara Are you sure about that? They have their own fabs, they're not using TSMC fabs 'as everyone else'.

[@jeder6915]

@@dontmatter4423 they are using TSMC for some of their stuff though

[@thisconnectd]

Idk slight win with twice the power isnt really that good

[@IamKryptonite]

I am really happy for Steve and the team. Steve seems very happy to be in his new crib!

[@kageofkonoha]

While I am glad they have more room for their work I like the old background better. The new one is too clean.

[@bluediamond80]

I do miss the IT warehouse vibe of the previous set.. Made me feel like I was at work talking to fellow tech geeks. Grats on the new place though!

[@Weezedog]

Are you going to test DRM on older games? There were concerns that the BIG.little architecture would break DRM and it would need to be updated. This could be a deal-breaker for many people, especially since many older games are now unsupported.

[@thespiritofyoink]

That's an issue. So's the heat. So's the compatibility and performance with anything other than "windows 11." As a SFF enthusiast, I wouldn't touch this with a ten foot pole, especially considering it's being compared to last gen tech.

[@DuBstep115]

@@thespiritofyoink 12600kf is cheaper and better than 5600x. But what matters the most is 12400, it will rule with 3060ti the budget gaming pc world (95% of the world) till Zen4.

[@i_cri_evertim]

@@DuBstep115 it's cheaper but it will kill your wallet in the motherboard and RAM.

[@techbuildspcs]

@@DuBstep115 and eats like 2 times the power

[@Aereto]

@@DuBstep115 Again, mainstream games use DRM, and a lot of people still have a lot of games they play are not updated to even Windows 10 spec. They are not going to update DRMs to be compatible to 11, and that will put an end to Intel's performance potential by rendering a significant chunk of games in the Literally Unplayable category.

[@CaptnYestrday]

Didn't realize how much I missed these main reviews by Steve. Been tooling around watching some other channels and coming back here for this.... Wow. Nobody does this like him. There are some decent channels out there but this one is the whole package.

[@Rickcrazy100]

Agreed, one channel that I do recommend is Jay…Jay is funny, super detailed but is also straightforward and usually summarizes the vids…also also, I’m a big fan of watercooling, main reason why I subbed to Jay

[@CaptnYestrday]

@@Rickcrazy100 wondered if someone would mention Jay. I also like Jay and his humor is great. Maybe it just matches my sense of humor but is info is good too

[@Captain_Yesterday]

Got a bit of a shock, I saw this and thought "I don't remember leaving a comment!?!" 😂

[@CaptnYestrday]

@@Captain_Yesterday You just did the same to me! My brain just folded in half there for A little while. Well played. Also, you have excellent taste

[@righteousred723]

Maybe add a fire extinguisher to the set...

[@ckl3814]

That and a fire suppression system 😎

[@phillipzan2005]

it went like this through the years. Ryzen was "A new hope". Now "The Intel strikes back" Will we get a "Return of the Ryzen"? stay tuned for the next episode of CPU Z....

[@PyromancerRift]

immagine is AMD make thinner DIE and cranck up the power usage like intel. It will be death star level of performance.

[@dumbcow1]

@@PyromancerRift I am excited for what the new socket will hold. I think AMD is going to hit back H A R D. AMD is in a position to do such nowadays.

[@Eng586]

I really hope AMD takes out intel.

[@phillipzan2005]

@@Eng586 Honestly I have no loyalty to any brand so whichever one is the best for me. gets my money

[@lonniebeal6032]

@@Eng586 We need them both for competition...Just like we need another gpu manufacturer thanks to cryto mining.

[@ilnerdchuck]

Man the 2600k is so powerful that is not even in the charts, i'm going to keep it man

[@arch1107]

it has a performance out of the charts! out of competition

[@dudebroguymate]

HA HA. That's the best comment I've read all year. Well done.

[@moorhen6156]

I heard if you run Cinebench on a 2600k the render is already complete when you open the program

[@ilnerdchuck]

@@moorhen6156 that's why Intel doesn't like cinebench as a benckmark, they want to keep the secret

[@SkillTimO]

Cool new studio Steve!

[@MEMETIZER]

Cool new studio. Hot new Intel CPU that consumes more energy than two 5950X...

[@cytro]

@@MEMETIZER someone's mad

[@MEMETIZER]

@@cytro Why thank you!

[@VROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM]

Holy crud the power consumption is insane. They cranked that thing to 11.

[@VraccasVII]

Cries in 750W during Cinebench...I should really get rid of my 7960x

[@scarletspidernz]

Don't worry Intel will top its own power performance with 300w desktop cpus in 13th gen 👌 Higher numbers is better right?

[@satelliteharassment]

well actually i think they cranked it to 12

[@GCAGATGAGTTAGCAAGA]

@@laurabrown5527 Now you ladies cranked up MY power consumption up to 11, oof!

[@eclipsegst9419]

@@scarletspidernz 250-300w has been the practical limit for a long time, these cpus are apparently just refined enough to ship close to the limit, so why wouldn't they? Non-K is for people worried about power.

[@benjaminoechsli1941]

"Thanks, Steve!" Tech memes aside, this was an excellent video, especially considering y'all're in the middle of moving! Kudos to you and the team. _Thank you_ for continuing to keep the "common man" in mind by using Windows 10. New set looks great, and I look forward to seeing many more videos in it. Now back to you, Steve. I have some other videos to catch up on.

[@zanderhenriksen6776]

The new Windows 10 vs Windows 11 debacle made me think of how it would perform on newer Linux kernels. Hopefully, Linus Torvalds&Co. have added functionality within the scheduler to function well with 12th gen CPUs. Mainly just made me curious, because A) I only use Linux, just got used to it eventually and now I feel like an outdated boomer when I try to use Windows. And because B) most games that use Steam work flawlessly and perform better on Linux with my HW than on Windows (e.g. because of the aggressive caching and low memory/CPU/GPU overhead. This means any games previously run will have often used files already stored in memory, unless you overwrote it/restarted since then, but why would you ever want to restart a Linux OS?)

[@staggerdagger]

The fact you used impostrophres in yallre keeps me up at night for 8 months

[@jackwiedemann]

240 Watts, holy hell that's a hot CPU. I was impressed by the performance jump, but this power jump explains a lot 😅

[@ColdVenom159]

lmmfao please ill clear 300 watts with my 10900k aand i dont come close to 70c.

[@addictedtoRS]

@@ColdVenom159 Yeah and my 5900X boosts to 6.5GHz and stays below 50C full load.

[@sphinx4579]

yup, they have no other means until they get down to 7nm process node I think. By then AMD and Apple will get down to 5nm and 3nm respectively so hard times ahead of Intel.

[@MsHojat]

I feel like we might be getting a bunch of early failures on the CPUs in the next 5 years (even if it's due to incomplete thermal past application or weaker heat sinks), but maybe not.

[@ColdVenom159]

@@addictedtoRS lol talks about boosting to 6.5ghz "NOT ALL CORE" as the 5900x will not do thosse speeds less youre on ln2, gtfoh lol.

[@TommyCrosby]

KZbinrs: I'm moving home, expect less videos and bad sound until I fix the room. GN: I'm moving a full studio with new sets and yet we still managed to make a full review of a new CPU.

[@Nanerbeet]

I guess GamersNexus runs like a real gaming company where the staff nearly kills itself trying to make deadlines.

[@earlm]

When everyone posts about a new release, GN is always the first to watch.

[@JustxLiving909]

Hardware unboxed ?

[@RandomLucker]

and or Igors Lab ;)

[@darkdraconis]

@@JustxLiving909 nah, GN or DF

[@nonamenameless5495]

I go Hardware Unboxed first as well, then GN, Linus and Level1 next

[@ihebmhamdi3451]

HardwareUnboxed is best used for gaming results. The amount of gaming benchmarks Steve does is quite remarkable exceeding other KZbinrs like GN and Linus.

[@manu4ever249]

Im curious, when overclocking the 5900x or 5950x to have similar power draw, would intel still win in those categories? Gaining 5-10% in some scenarios does't seem to justify the double power comsumption.

[@neiliewheeliebin]

I don't think either companies chips have a lot of overclocking headroom currently. The i9 uses too much power for my liking but the i5 & i7 are pretty decent

[@EbonySeraphim]

@@neiliewheeliebin AMD over clocking, especially with the 5950x can be complicated but offers great improvement. The baseline of what you can get by simply turning on PBO and auto over locking is amazing and is probably where anyone not trying to set records wants to do. The dumb way to do it is simply OC on all cores - which, when you have 16 of them is probably not what you want. That’s where you’ll suck up a lot of power and generate the most heat. That’s only worth it if what you’re running really needing to run all cores as fast as possible. For most games, you’ll only see benefit when 1-2 cores maybe runs super fast and is why PBO is amazing because it’ll do that for one core, and not make the entire chip run hot or suck up huge amounts of power. I’m pretty sure GN has a great video on it and you can take a look at this improvements over stock, and import them into this data and compare that way.

[@RobertSmith-lh6hg]

5950x on chilled water (55f water temps) and tuned curve optimizer Overclocking pics up between 5 and 10 % performance across gaming and is within 2% performance of static all core over clock results. It chart tops vs stock 12900k, however, I haven't yet seen 12900k OC headroom, so when the 12900k is OCd it may take back the top spot. The same 5950x on ambient temp water (70f) gains very similar gaming performance and single core boost, however it doesn't do all core as well as when chilled, so the productivity results are lower than static overclock by varying amounts. It becomes thermally limited and so results are in line with load put on the cpu thermally.

[@Stockfish1511]

Have 5950x and use it for server purposes. It overclocks just fins, performs incredibly well and is absolute monster on multicore performance. I use a kraken z liquid cooler

[@saricubra2867]

Intel has a massive IPC lead now, even a 5950X without power limits (4.7GHz) and drawing 240 watts or something similar can fall behind a 12900K by a big margin in single core perfomance and productivity that like Alder Lake's DDR5 and hugely faster CPU cores. AMD fanboys don't tell you the IPC that Alder Lake has and the clockspeed that it reaches, so power consumption for 3.8GHz 5950X (150 watts from Anandtech) with more than 20% less can't be compared with 12900K (using big-little) with 4.7GHz all p-core clockspeed (p-cores have more than 20% higher IPC than Zen 3 cores) and e-cores that have Comet Lake IPC, basically at 5950X's base clock.

[@smakfu1375]

It's great to see Intel back in the game, even if it'll be a while before I consider dumping my 5950x for something else. That said, I think we're all losing sight of the real issue here, which is exploding Gigabyte PSU's.

[@andersjjensen]

Well, with the power consumption of the 12900K we're bound to hear more about them...

[@shempeym]

Yep that 240W CPU Power is a huge turn off. I live in a tropical country so NO, just NO haha

[@_lumpia]

Should be fun to see how AMD swings back with their next gen cpus

[@shempeym]

@Sut Nack You shouldn't be. CPUs aren't really that significant in higher res. Better a new GPU than a bunch of new stuff that will surely have teething problems. 240W Max? I'll just wait for next gen.

[@superblitz2274]

People forget that that power draw is only under high stress scenarios,and that even the 12900k during gaming doesn't cross 100W

[@shukterhousejive]

I was wondering what magic trick Intel pulled to get those numbers and then I saw the power charts. This is why I'm skeptical of two-tier core designs in desktop packages, you can't hedge your bets on only hitting the big cores in short bursts like a phone and you can't tune the package to hell and back like the M-series chips. Should be a killer arch for laptops at least

[@RandomLucker]

i'm just wondering why igorslab has this low energy draw. maybe because of win11?

[@MichaelPohoreski]

Don't forget Sintel is also using DDR5. I'm curious to know how much of a factor that is.

[@zodwraith5745]

This has been all over the board. When ADL is allowed to run to the teeth it's drawing major power just like the 5950x does when using PBO. That's why power usage is varying wildly.

[@system137]

*power chart. GN just showed blender. looking at a range of applications, you will see that big-little is much more efficient for everything that does not push the CPU to the absolute limit (such as gaming). intels marketing somehow managed to bury that fact, which is hilarious.

[@superblitz2274]

During gaming the 12900k doesn't cross 100W

[@ChairmanDDD]

I’d like a DDR5 vs DDR4 test. DDR5 memory is impossible to find and will likely be scalped through the holiday season. For those of us upgrading to this cpu is it worth the premium and battle against bots?

[@GholaTleilaxu]

Is that a rhetorical question? If it's not, then let me provide you with an answer with another question: Why would you want to "upgrade" to this CPU?

[@dslamngu]

Hardware Unboxed recommends sticking with DDR4 for now. DDR5 beats DDR4 on some tests, and DDR4 wins on others, but DDR5 is like double or triple the price.

[@milesfarber]

DDR5 has ecc built in. Anyone who wouldn't upgrade to DDR5 is probably turned on by 0xc0000005 Bluescreens and Memory Address Kernel Panics. I mean, you ARE doing important work on your pc right?

[@Finder245]

@@milesfarber DDR5 has on-die ECC. The memory bus does not have parity. The on-die ECC of DDR5 was added to maintain the same reliability that older (less dense) technology has without ECC. Servers will still use ECC DIMMs, so they will have on-die ECC and traditional ECC on top of that.

[@neonspark707]

DDR5 will replace DDR4. It is not an if. It is just a question of buying a motherboard with Gen5 pic and DDR5 versus buying into the exiting tech. If you're coming from a much older chip, off course you should. If you're on a more recent chip...maybe wait a couple of gens for prices to drop.

[@ewenchan1239]

I'd be interested to see how the Noctua tower coolers, both single or dual, would fair with a thermal workload like this.

[@kokilius]

Noctua cant handle i9 at 270 w...you will never have that perfomance on paper with air premium cooling..You need custom water blocks

[@ewenchan1239]

@@kokilius But the max power on the 12900K is 241 W, so it doesn't matter that the Noctua can't handle 270 W because the 12900K doesn't run at 270 W unless you start overclocking it.

[@deepsp_ce]

@@ewenchan1239 is noctua nhd15 enough for 10900k not overclocked?

[@ewenchan1239]

@@deepsp_ce Just to confirm, you're asking about the 10900K instead of the 12900K, correct? And if that's the case, then yes, in my experience, absolutely. I'm using the NH-D15 right now with my 12900K and it works. (Like the temps aren't ever going to be as good compared to a watercooled AIO, but it's also good enough that the CPU isn't thermal throttling either, but on the 12900K, towards the high end, if you have a higher ambient temperature, then you're going to get closer and closer towards the temperature where the CPU *WILL* start the thermal throttle itself.) But for the 10900K, I don't foresee any reason why the NH-D15 would be an issue.

[@deepsp_ce]

@@ewenchan1239 yes, that's correct, 10900k. thank you!

[@dirkmanderin]

Would have been nice to see power usage with a couple of games. If AL still uses ~100w more power than a 5900X for a small gain in FPS, it's definitely not worth it.

[@agreatd]

Power consumption appears to be extremely similar while gaming which is the most important factor for people just gaming and casual use.

[@dr.noscopegaming630]

@@agreatd 12900k is worth it for the price But i dont know why i feel all of amd and intel cpu are prices perfectly fpr the performance they give If 5900x get 100$ cut then its still an amazing cpu

[@XTheLolX301]

@@dr.noscopegaming630 u have to add the price for another motherborad, ddr5 ram and a high end cooler

[@you2be839]

Exactly my thoughts, those TDP values alone put me off... and I'm sorry for any joke I may have made about the TDP of the 11900K!!

[@Aereto]

That high power draw also makes people running on narrow but efficient GPU margins make a hard pass. I have the Seasonic PRIME 850W, and there's already the RX 6900XT to give a significant headroom.

[@davidbrennan5]

That power draw and heat output gives me Netburst feelings

[@aceofhearts573]

RIP Pentium 4. It warmed many winter nights

[@Marc-zi4vg]

Or bulldozer

[@elcouz]

Prescott was especially bad.

[@milestailprower]

"lo and behold, the CPU market is becoming competitive" - Tech Jesus (2021)

[@enlightendbel]

Yeah, some dude on Twitter responded to me that Intel was "pwning" AMD with this new CPU. In context, Intel is competing with AMDs offering that came to market a year ago. All that's going to happen is that likely AMD is going to jump a few % over what Intel is capable of with their next full release. And then Intel will do the same again a while later. And that's all fucking awesome. It's been since the Phenom X6 days that we've had this level of performance competition on the CPU market. Now lets hope price competition follows. CPUs have been easy enough to get compared to GPUs, so scarcity shouldn't keep their prices this ludicrously high.

[@MrLince-hr4of]

i just bought my second 3700X today ! i love it, still the best cpu for the price(240,-.) and only 65W tdp but 3 weeks shipping time :/

[@enlightendbel]

@@WhiteBoyGamer unfortunately, the vast majority of people do not give a shit about power draw.

[@Hoootaf]

Stock market tell the truth today lmao

[@MsRShady]

@@WhiteBoyGamer no, Gaming Efficiency is about the same. About 118 watts to 109 Watt. What you see is Allcore Load, there ADL is still too inefficient compared to AMD.

[@McTroyd]

Was weirded out by the set! Glad to hear this was actually new, opposed to missing a half dozen videos.

[@you2be839]

"Efficiency Cores" = 243W! That really sets it for me: not really interested in buying new PC hardware until at least AM5 platform and Zen 4 CPUs launch to see what they bring to the table. And if they too don't bring anything excitingly new to what is now known, and especially if USB4 is still missing by then on both Intel and AMD platforms, I guess late 2023 is the next plausible date... by which time we'll already know about the performance and TDP scaling of the 13900K compared to the 12900K and we'll probably also know about the successor to LGA 1700 platform and therefore might have to wait further still until 2024... (edited AM4 for AM5)

[@reversedon8698]

intel 12th gen desktop cpus now whit built in engine block heater for those frosty mornings

[@AzPakaTa]

Its worth it for someone like me with 9700k which is already not good enough for GPU like 3080.

[@reversedon8698]

@@AzPakaTa i got 4790k/gtx1050ti and im not yet upgrading it. when win10 support ends its time to upgrade it, if intel cant get their shit together team red is my choice few moths ago upgraded my laptop and amd was my choice. 4 cores in i7 is just a fucking joke in 2021 when mobil ryzen 3 have better performance

[@ColdieHU]

@@AzPakaTa Still would go with AMD since you are going to need a new board anyway. 12900k is not only going to cost you extra on purchase but also on your electricity bill.

[@AzPakaTa]

@@ColdieHU I'm not getting 12900k, I'm getting 12700k which is cheaper and better than 5800x (at my place). Also to compare it with 5900x which is also 12 core, it costs like 150$ less and I bet it's gonna beat it in some stuff. I need new motherboard regardless of going for Intel or AMD. What I'm looking for is the better CPU and that's 12700k. Also electricity bill is big bullshit, it only matters if you run your pc 24/7 at 100%. I don't care if I have 5$ more or less in my bill at the end of the month because I don't sit with 100% CPU/GPU all the time.

[@shaunlunney7551]

Alderlake...Give me ALL the WATTS!

[@liviubita4238]

It will TAKE all the watts! 😄

[@MisterFribble]

Seriously. I've heard it be called bulldozer that is actually fast, and the heat output definitely matches.

[@rasmusolesen5307]

more like AllWattLake.....XD

[@Hogdriva]

Pentium 4 Version 2 Electric Boogalo

[@riannair7101]

No more Wats for ta🤣

[@Ocastia]

Ohh nice. But what i would really love to know now is: how does the performance scale with power? If i limit the 12900k to 150W for example, how much performance do i loose? 50%? 40? 30? Or maybe even less? Because it seems to me like Intel went and took out the sledgehammer to get in front of AMD, via brute force. so there might be potential for optimization.

[@lubossoltes321]

This. Is there an option to restrict the 12900 to 150W and see how it compares ? I'd guess worse than 11900 ...

[@MrTrilbe]

More like Intel was struggling so badly against AMD, that they had to copy something ARM did 11 years ago, wonder how much intel is paying for it, might be a part of the deal that allows intel to manufacture ARM chips for 3rd parties

[@unitedfools3493]

@@MrTrilbe You seem very uninformed making stuff up like that.

[@IamUzyf]

@@MrTrilbe amd fanboys going crazy

[@Erowens98]

Yeah. This thing runs hot as the sun because intel jammed all of the power into it to come out ahead. I expect a lot of real world users will be downtuning this thing to help manage temps since 360mm AIOs aren't cheap, and yet seem like they're probably necessary here. This thing drinks wattage like an overclocked chip right out of the box.

[@troygilbert1112]

Been here since 200k this channel has exploded and they deserve every bit of it. Love the dedication and the work put in everyday

[@vg4902]

Congrats on the new studio. Looks clean!

[@kjamesjr]

“When all else fails… MORE VOLTAGE!!!” - Intel

[@33ordie]

If you take the 5950x at the same wattage, then who wins? Ahaaaa!!! Anyhow RYZEN 4 plz so we can get it over with!

[@RandomLucker]

seems to be far better on win 11

[@xFODDERx]

@@33ordie what I always love "Just wait for zen2" "Just wait for zen3" Now "Just wait for zen4" Seriously guys, the when am I waiting till? Although we all know by then 13900k will be out and AMD fans will say "Yeah but intel are on DDR5 gen2, it's AMDs first" just like with Ray tracing, dlss, etc.

[@33ordie]

@@xFODDERx Buy whatever you want,. I was mostly thinking of shareholders. If you want to make money, but INTEL stock for the time being, then ZEN4, buy AMD stock :P

[@inSainTed]

@@33ordie Por que no los dos? :D

[@Phosphor66]

my favorite part of a new CPU launch is the folks who panic sell their "old" stuff. gonna see if i can snipe a good deal on a 5800X.

[@mirage8753]

ye, nice idea

[@AgentOrange502]

I'm relatively new to pc building. I made my first build in January 2020 with a 2070 super. When nvidia announced the 30 series I "panic sold" my 2070 super for 400$ Guess how much I'm regretting that today (:

[@hannesjansevanrensburg6627]

I just want a spicy deal with ryzen 9 and a pci gen 4 mobo think the ryzen 7 2700x with pci gen 3 holding back my RTX 3070 ti

[@Cyber_Akuma]

I unfortunately have a Z490 board, but it does support PCIe4 if I have an 11th gen CPU. Maybe I can snag a 11700K to at least have Gen4 GPU support and to enable the third (and only gen 4) NVME slot on my board for a good price due to this.

[@chinturajput5571]

@@AgentOrange502 im fb 2020 2070super from india and i did not sold my gpu since its need vs greed so i chose need and it will pay off once i will sell 6 months bef4 lovelace would launch and cope fr that 6 months with a dummy gpu like gt710 but bro can you tell me if my corsair 750 gold smps will b able to fuel the 60 or 70 series of rtx 40 upcoming in 3rd quarter of 2022

[@teknoman117]

I'm just curious to see if there are any high E-core count xeon sku chips in the future. If they can fit 4 E-cores in to the space of 1 P-core, and there are 10 tiles on the 12900K, I want to see a 2 P-core / 32 E-core Xeon-D for a mega-NAS.

[@Austin1990]

We do not know what the E-cores sacrifice yet. My guess is that they mostly give up cache.

[@angelaizen2231]

@@Austin1990 and they give up hyperthreading

[@truckwrecker6822]

It would be an "exciting time" if I could update my gtx1070 at a reasonable price!

[@AlphaHorst]

Well you are lucky if you want to upgrade just to an 3070. Those can be had almost close to MSRP... I sitt on my old 1080 and want a 3080... I have to pay at the least 100% more sometimes even 150%... 3070 will probably be back to stable prising within the first quarter of next year.

[@hasso0n]

@@AlphaHorst where is a 3070 selling for near MSRP?!

[@AlphaHorst]

@@hasso0n well in Germany you can find it sometimes. for around 750€ (partner models) which, depending on the model, is close to the avg MSRP of 650€ But you gotta be fast. Don't know about other countries but the US and Canada usually have the better pricing when comparing to Germany.

[@yobi765]

@@hasso0n I went to microcenter and got a rog strix 3070 for $780ish, i dont remember, but current retail prices. Again like everything else, you gotta be quick.

[@DuBstep115]

@@hasso0n 1 year ago, why are people buying tech launched in 2020 when it's almost 2022

[@taproot0619]

Just a note: all the reviewers seem to be using DDR5 RAM, which I understand. But I would love to see how AMD fairs against intel if they were running the same DDR4 memory. I'd like to know how much of that performance uplift is from the processor itself, and how much of it is from the RAM. Edit: hardware unboxed did their review using both platforms so you can check them out if you are looking for this info as well.

[@TheProducerTV]

This^ I feel like it's a little disingenuous to compare Alder Lake to Ryzen 5xxx or older Intel generations using platforms that don't really give a level playing field, especially when Alder Lake is capable of running DDR4

[@pennywisethedancingclown7139]

The processor is designed and optimized for use with DDR5 though? You want to chop its legs off and test it? That's like saying I want to test the 5950X with SMT disabled... The 12th gen was already hindered by running Windows 10 instead of Win 11. It seems to have still held up.

[@taproot0619]

@@TheProducerTV I don't think its disingenuous, like I don't think using resizable BAR on AMD when its not on intel would be disingenuous. I just think its a gap in knowledge and data that I would like filled. Because if the 12900K is only 3% or 5% better than the 5800X when using the same memory, then its possible, if not likely that AMD's DDR5 compatible CPU's will be just as good if not a little better than Intel. But if the gap is still 10% or 12%, then that might be enough of a lead that AMD's next CPU's may not be able to leapfrog them. So it would people decide if they want to buy Intel now, or AMD in a few months.

[@sunagwa5046]

Hardware Unboxed tested with DDR4, check it out.

[@taproot0619]

@@pennywisethedancingclown7139 I just think its a gap in knowledge and data that I would like filled. Because if the 12900K is only 3% or 5% better than the 5800X when using the same memory, then its possible, if not likely that AMD's DDR5 compatible CPU's will be just as good if not a little better than Intel. But if the gap is still 10% or 12%, then that might be enough of a lead that AMD's next CPU's may not be able to leapfrog them. So it would people decide if they want to buy Intel now, or AMD in a few months. I'm not saying they should have done DDR4 INSTEAD of DDR5. I'm saying they should have done it AS WELL AS DRR5.

[@solidstatealchemy9080]

I can't be the only one watching the gaming bar graphs thinking, "The R5 5600X is a price/performance and power consumption/performance beast!"

[@ivoivanov7407]

Well, lets see what 12600 and 12700 will bring to the table. And where AMD's prices will go /crossing fingers/.

[@Jamesaroni]

@@ivoivanov7407 from what ive seen 12600 is doing damn good for the price, usually killing the 5600x, but of course this is with ddr5.

[@ivoivanov7407]

@@Jamesaroni Yeah, I've just watched LTT's video, and 12600K is beast! AMD will hawe to finally deliver something in low-to-middle segment.

[@Jamesaroni]

@@ivoivanov7407 id like to see a ddr4 comparison of the 2 to see the "true" value, ddr5 is a legit advantage over AMD but i think ryzen might still be my preference until ddr5 and windows 11 are more streamlined. either way this is great for the market, both companies will have to put up for sure.

[@waking00one]

@@ivoivanov7407 "finally"? what fucking word do you people live on exactly

[@YuProducciones]

Nice background, looks so much better 💙

[@JustinEmlay]

Steve - "Intel Did It" Also Steve - "Meh, it's a little better"

[@sonichedgehog36]

Also, TWICE the power draw.

[@fix0the0spade]

This reminds me of AMD CPUs ten years ago, matching Intel performance provided your Fusion Reactor can supply enough wattage.

[@saricubra2867]

@@sonichedgehog3612900K is significantly faster in one thread vs 5950X when both are 240 watts. Running 240 watts for the 12900K isn't really stock due to infinite turbo, 105 watts vs 125 watts would be a fair comparison, or 240 vs 240 watts.

[@quirinaled2752]

Gah I had one of those - the cooler sounded like a turbo kicking in every time I loaded a game and it ran hot enough to warm the room mid winter.

[@GamersNexus]

Your representation of our conclusion is pretty inaccurate, unless you're talking about the gaming results. The production increase is significant, which is exactly what we said.

[@nemesis851_]

“Good Value” in 2021, “does not compute”

[@Cyber_Akuma]

Wrong, this is a CPU, computing is literally it's core function. 😉

[@junko4166]

The power draw is a massive turn off for me. Energy is pretty dang expensive where I live.

[@slayerofjack2276]

Germany? Lol

[@junko4166]

@@slayerofjack2276 I wish lol. Brazil.

[@gamersonlydotvip5337]

With the massive increase in power draw it really seems like the 10th gen i9 chips are still really competitive. DDR5+2 generations newer should have been a lot bigger boost than that even without a massive increase in TDP

[@zackmatey1793]

I'd be interested to see a DDR4 test of Alder Lake. It seems like Alder Lake's performance is mostly due to power use and DDR5

[@noahokeyo]

Exactly, Amd still has the superior chips.

[@supersanic3446]

@@noahokeyo You keep saying that to yourself.

[@resensegaming]

@@supersanic3446 i think if amd increased power usage of a 5950x to 250w from 120w they would slam but they care about more than just raw power i bet and have lots of room to grow unlike intel at this point.

[@Finder245]

@@noahokeyo that depends entirely on the criteria you use. Some of us have inherently single threaded workloads where paying double for a few percent better performance can be worth it.

[@MunyuShizumi]

@@resensegaming It's not even a hypothetical scenario - one can already find the 5950X outperforming the 12900K at similar wattages with a 5-minute cruise control overclock applied. Of course, one can't find a detailed comparison over a dozen benchmarks yet, but it's certainly not difficult to find better results achieved with comparable power draw & cooling.

[@darrenm5797]

I keep seeing videos now tagging "AMD is in trouble now" and similar. I honestly expected more (or less from power consumption perspective) from Intel which is being compared against AMD models release 12 months ago. I think the biggest disappointment for me is the lack luster attempt to make it look like they were going efficient. Sticking with this use tonnes of power to get performance is amplified in a server type environment and a much bigger disadvantage then anything else.

[@chrisdpratt]

Yeah. Frankly, it just seems like clickbait, but I'd expect more from Steve. Still, this is really not that impressive. These are kind of basic generational uplifts, and it's not nearly enough to counter what AMD has in the pipeline. Maybe all these reviewers are just so happy to have something decent to review against AMD that they're more giddy than they should be.

[@innocentiuslacrim2290]

I think this is a misinterpretation. Any power consumption figures we have seen on these early reviews shows a very comparable power use to AMD chips on any normal (even intensive workloads) that are not synthetic benchmarks. We also see on 12600K that it has VERY efficient power to performance ratio on gaming workloads.

[@brendago4505]

Intels 13th gen is supposedly going to have 16 E cores on the flagship. Additionally, if you look at HUB's reviews where they point out lightly threaded games versus heavily threaded games, it becomes clear that the P cores outperform zen 3 cores, generally speaking, and the E cores underperformed, averaging out to be about the same. LTT found that 12th gen used less power than ryzen while gaming, even if that wasn't true while running a blender test. Plus, every reviewer let the power settings run at maximum Hog wild, so windows is going to tell the processor to just crank up the wattage, efficiency be damned. We just don't know how these chips will behave when told to tone down the power draw by the OS.

[@chrisdpratt]

@@brendago4505 Well, it will be worse. Running at maximum power gives Alder Lake its absolute best showing. If you take power away, you take performance as well. They're not reinventing the laws of physics.

[@adblockturnedoff4515]

Would love to see those tests with ddr4 memory for 12900k instead for “apples” to apples comparison with amd.

[@brownshit1]

Hardware Unboxed tested ddr4 and 5. In most cases it was fairly similar.

[@damara2268]

The go watch review from hardware unboxed, they compared ddr4 3200 cl14 vs ultra expensive ddr5 6000 cl36

[@resColts]

ddr4 is advantage 3200 cl14 beats 6000 cl36. Not surprised. Would like to see faster ddr4 compares to see if difference increases significantly enough. EDIT ... couple rare cases where DDR5 has good gain over ddr4 watch dogs legion is one.

[@obsidian....]

100% This testing methodology is so off from what GN normally tries to claim to do

[@dstblj5222]

@@obsidian.... not really amd doesnt support it so its a fair play advantage

[@mirekhavelka6233]

A long time fan here Steve, really appreciate your honest and transparent approach, the internet needs reviewers like you. Disagree a bit about the tone of your review though, as you seemed just a bit too upbeat considering what Intel actually delivered: 1) On average 10% or so improvement over AMD's top chips 2) A chip that runs really hot and demands high-end cooling 3) A chip that can consume up to double that of the key competitor's chip 4) A chip that requires a costly platform and DDR5 to see it performing its best Let's consider a few things: Apple came out with a very powerful and extremely efficient chip that easily beats Intel's previous best. Intel claimed that they will be able to compete even with Apple in the foreseeable future and win their business back. Then with great irony they came out with a very power hungry chip in Alder Lake, worse even than their previous generation, obviously to look good against AMD in benchmarks, but also going in the wrong direction to what they actually need to be doing, which is performance per watt. It's not just about AMD, the most efficient architecture will take the spoils going forward, it almost always works that way(unless you are poor like AMD used to be and can't quite ramp up production to meet demand). Intel obviously has process issues and that can't be turned around overnight. They are pushing their silicon too hard to look relevant against their competition. They would have looked better if they had matched AMD's TDP numbers and I bet they would have only been 5-10% behind in most cases, but would have created a more useful product, maybe with a 4.5GHz max on the P cores. Alder Lake smells of P4 desperation. But Pat talks the geek talk, and is well respected so Intel seems to be getting the benefit of the doubt here, primarily because you guys are getting bored of repeating the same story. Let's look at it from the context of an alternate reality: Intel delivers a chip that is 10% faster at same TDP as AMD, the world(experts) would call that a mild improvement, but nothing too impressive. The situation now is much worse though so it's hard to see it as anything other than another desperate effort by Intel that comes up way too short. AMD will likely be at parity in performance with V cache at the same power as current Zen 3, and that will be the first step forward. But both AMD and Intel have a lot of work to do to compete at the sharp end. Intel's CPU designs are fine, but their process is still lacking, so they push the chips, and AMD has been given a golden opportunity to lead because of this. They need to capitalize to stay ahead and to catch Apple. Nothing but their most ambitious designs will do, because Intel will get their process sorted sooner or later, and that will transform their (well-architected) product. Sandy Bridge, Ivy Bridge, Haswell, Broadwell, Skylake: all great performance-leading chips that were super-easy to cool and had low TDP. Then the wheels fell off. Alder Lake does not change that in a meaningful way.

[@tommybronze3451]

this “strong cooperation” between intel and microsoft making sure the new arch is working properly, makes me wonder how much future amd chip performance will suffer (possibly suffer from the “beefy under the table brown envelope from intel syndrome” - like we’ve seen countless times so far) Ps. thanks for the content.

[@Marrrrtin]

It's very possible that AMD will also move to a big-little CPU design, so then they will benefit from Microsoft's development on Windows 11 as well.

[@tommybronze3451]

@@Marrrrtin I don’t think you appreciate that alto up until today both intel and adm chips were both amd64 arch - they required different scheduler operations in kernel low level. So thou big-little high level might bring something in the future for amd, it’s not hard to see how intel could influence m$ to mess it up for amd specially in low level closed source kernel code. And by time amd finds it and m$ declares “whoops, this wasn’t intentional” - damage in reviews and the general public perception will already be done.

[@NeverDoubtMe23]

Switch to Linux, done.

[@shukterhousejive]

We're going back to the DirectX 1-8 days where the sales rep that buys the dev team the most drinks wins all the shiny new features

[@TheEtueify]

@@Marrrrtin AMD said that at least Ryzen 6000 and possibly (not planned) 7000 will not be big little.

[@disgruntledgoat]

It's lovely seeing Steve happy about the upcoming competition :-D

[@Baoran]

I would have wanted to see the flight simulator results when testing cpus.

[@Superiorer]

Linus has them.

[@Therealpicodogg]

I have no idea what any of your data means, but I still listened to the entire video for the deadpan humor and one liners. Bravo.

[@SkaMacanan]

Happy to see competition come back again. I hope pricing and availability improves!

[@Kevangelo14]

No competition here. AMD is still miles ahead. The CPU power draw is way too ridiculous for a marginal advantage over Ryzen 5000 on DDR4.

[@zileanicathun]

@Krisroffer Pettersson salty much

[@cytro]

@@zileanicathun probably, most likely an AMD fanboi lmao

[@Kubush1]

@@Kevangelo14 Tell me you are a tech illiterate fan boy without saying you are a tech illiterate fan boy.

[@LoneRiderz]

With all that hype, I kind of expected more performance and lower power usage.

[@BasedAstraea]

There is, in windows 11.

[@jakejakedowntwo6613]

The tdp was expected the be insane anyways. Without the Scheduler it doesn’t fully optimize it

[@LoneRiderz]

@@jakejakedowntwo6613 there was a process shrink and DDR5 so I guess I had my hopes high. I'm currently on B550/ Ryzen 3700x. I'll probably do a CPU upgrade next year to the 5800x. No better alternatives for someone that prefers small, powerful builds.

[@hauptmanngilbertoduber9953]

This what you can expect from intel. They did their early hype benchmarks on windows 11 where AMD didn't have their performance patch yet so it seemed like they really did something.

[@arch1107]

lol, is intel, their previous cpu when overclocked used 300 watts, this one uses 400 watts when overclocked, on normal parameters only 350 watts intel doesn't know what is low power usage

[@eccodreams]

Congratulations on the successful move! This is an extraordinarily exciting time for GN. Well done on somehow completing all the testing during the move as well, that's madness.

[@Mammothtruk]

finally, Ive been over here looking at all the leaks about power and THERE IT IS. thank you. twice the power for minor wins. not great when you look at all the data. pricing matters here, but that is a LOT of power.

[@dannotech2062]

Interested to see how it performs competitively at the 125W setting. I suspect gaming will be just fine, it'll be productivity that's impacted the most.

[@dannotech2062]

Also, I'm kind of bewildered at the idea gamers and overclockers especially are shitting on Intel for power usage. It's one of the key compromises they choose to make to achieve every last drop of performance. Overclocking can easily drive power usage north of 100% in exchange for 10 -15% additional performance.

[@lolowfi]

@@dannotech2062 Power consumption by itself isn't really the issue. It's more about things like will it throttle under load if I use anything less than a 360 AIO. Overclocking is cool for youtube videos and reddit posts, but I don't think the vast majority of gamers really bother with that. Except maybe for selecting a xmp profile.

[@edwardpark247]

@@dannotech2062 the power usage is crazy high though, it's newsworthy

[@berengerchristy6256]

@@edwardpark247 only under full load. While gaming the 12900k is comparable with amd’s chips. The 12600k under all circumstances is comparable to the 5600 in terms of power consumption but is superior in performance across the board. The 12600k is the more exciting chip, but it is not the flagship (flagchip?). I watched LTT’s vid too, and the conclusion is that the 12600k is a beast and the one to get for gaming. I would get the 13900k or whatever AMD puts out next year. I really want a new cpu, but my 8700k is still pretty good. I just like being at the cutting edge

[@TomBaito]

I was almost sold with how Alderlake's leading in most of the charts until I saw the power consumption... 😂 But still, this is great because thank God 14nm++ is finally dead and we have competition again!

[@ja-kidnb6416]

exactly... the whole video I was like "yes, finally competition, nice!" and then came the power draw..... damn, that's a hard no for me

[@mryellow6918]

And it's using ddr5

[@Naddoddur]

The power consumption is almost the same in gaming.

[@thathologuy8299]

@@ja-kidnb6416 wait until you learn about the 12600k 😳😳😳

[@xlr555usa]

Nvidia 4000 series will be power hogs also, time to look at 1200 or even 1600 watt power supplies for safe headroom. I'm praying that the climate weirdos don't try to ban these new PCs for not being power effecient. Gloves will come off then

[@DamnCyrus]

It's nice to see Intel being comfortably comparable to Ryzen's higher end. This is no longer bulldozer era amd though, so the competitiveness will hopefully lead to better CPUs in the coming years. Heard Steve say we can't see above 24fps, so I dropped my 1440p 60fps res down to the comfortable 144p.

[@sophieedel6324]

"comparable" ? It beats every AMD CPU on the market at everything you throw at it.

[@macofallico]

@@sophieedel6324 well at what cost ... doubles wattage, temps.... and not in all games and multithreaded apps, intel still needs to polish or downsize the nm of its node urgently.

[@quirinaled2752]

Did you look at the power draw on those benchmarks? And the fact that you need a completely new platform (MB + RAM) to run at that level? This represents (finally) competitive performance from Intel but it's not a mind-blowing leap forward and there's a very significant cost involved in moving to 12th gen. Competition is great - let's leave it at that.

[@retrocomputing]

@@sophieedel6324 some benchmarks show a different picture, why do you lie?

[@canyongoat2096]

Actually Intel finally gave a more reasonable price for their CPU's. They are very head to head though, I was hoping a bigger win by Intel, especially seeing those wattage numbers, Jesus Christ...

[@willg955]

Well this is a fun video if you own an 11900K. In my defense, I got it for $300 open-box. Compared to the last flagship, I guess I get where Steve is coming from, lol.

[@just_rikuriku]

For some reason I like to see Steve insulting 11900K pretty much one time in a minute or so. This processor deserves it

[@fabilord98]

Searched for this comment :D

[@pumpkinLive]

Steve looks a little bit like he was greenscreened in this new set. Congrats on the move guys

[@20cent]

He definitely is

[@rohesilmnelohe]

Pfff.. its CGI Steve... (Rendered on AMD R9 5950x)

[@GamersNexus]

@@20cent nope, it's a real set! Haha

[@jonathanellis6097]

Yeah it does he looks disconnected from his surroundings, the background looks fake for some reason? Even though he says it's not green screen, something just looks off. Great review as alway though.

[@Cosmstack]

Yea I kinda felt the same. I wonder why

[@rickysargulesh1053]

INTEL taking the lead again came quicker than expected. They weren't overselling it. Lets see how is power consumption compared to performance. Edit: Now that I got to the point of efficiency it is what I expected.

[@FatheredPuma81]

Would really love some tests on the E-Cores and see if they can actually make up for that crazy power draw. Also some tests on DDR4 would have been nice for a direct apples to apples comparison seeing as it apparently supports it.

[@PyromancerRift]

I think the E cores are marketing bullshit. Given how high the power comsumption is when the whole CPU is loaded, even if the E cored take up to 33% of the whole CPU, it's still 100w. At the end of the day, the instruction have to be delt with, big cores will be faster with a spike of power and small cored will take more time with less power. But overall the power consumption will equalise on a same process node. What i'd like to see is a 12 gen processor without E cores but the same overall amount of transistors and TDP. I am almost 100% sure that the performance and power will be roughly the same. This was the only way they can market a 16 core CPU. They would have never been able to produce it with only big cores and they don't market with the amount of transistors.

[@FatheredPuma81]

​@@PyromancerRift You do realize that to get slightly more performance you have to increase the power by quite a lot beyond a certain point right? Meaning the E-Cores are most certainly more efficient than the power guzzling P-Cores. It's literally the reason server CPU's run at lower frequencies, have more cores, and still pull the same (or less) power as their consumer counterparts. If they targeted the same power draw and replaced the E-Cores you'd likely see considerably performance loss across the board. Likewise if they got rid of all the P-Cores and replaced them with E-Cores you'd see significantly more theoretical performance (in perfectly multithreaded applications).

[@Real_MisterSir]

@@PyromancerRift The benefit of E cores are barely utilized in these tests, because the tests are made to complete full workloads (similar to what you would do in a render farm setting etc) to test the max capacity of the chip. The e cores actually come into play in regular workloads like internet and basic software use, gaming, etc. In the actually demanding tasks, the p cores are boosted so high to make up for whatever performance the e cores lack it seems. It's like taking a sportscar vs a hybrid. On your daily commute where the car isn't stressed, the hybrid gets far better mileage - but if you put them both on a racetrack and the sportscar just has to keep up, then the hybrid will get worse gas mileage due to the increasingly diminishing returns the closer you get to the performance limit. Same with CPUs, regardless if the chip has efficiency cores or not, if it's pushed to the max then they won't be efficient even if they were designed to be so. Efficiency is relative to the task, not a static metric.

[@MEMETIZER]

*Did they though?* Looks like more of a *Kinda Did It…* 24:17 two times the power consumption of a Ryzen 5950X when stock.

[@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart]

And as others have said, Intel's cores are not so much big.LITTLE, and more akin to big cores (without HT) paired to BIGGER cores (with HT).

[@Real28]

I still can't figure out why people care about power. Ive upgraded to a 10850k that's OC to 5.1ghz which is drawing a lot more theoretical power and even after working 2 jobs all summer on my PC plus gaming, my electrical bill went up...$10. Maybe if you're installing this into a dozen+ machines that are running at max all day, this seems very irrelevant and not in my 25 years of building PCs and gaming/video/photo production have I cared once about power draw. It's a tool. I need it to do a job, not draw less power.

[@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart]

Combined with the fact that it's still a monolithic design, all in all it means that they're making way fewer CPU's than AMD in the same number of silicon wafers. It turns out Pat Gelsinger's "ingenious play" is... making very small margins off their CPU's. That is the move of a company desperately trying to retain marketshare and use their multi-billion-dollar foundries to fab *something* before they're rendered obsolete by TSMC.

[@WhenDoesTheVideoActuallyStart]

@@Real28 Power = heat = lower lifetime/higher failure rate of components, less overclocking room for GPU and RAM, hidden costs in water cooling/extra fans and bigger CPU coolers, etc...

[@phenom957]

@@Real28 Not so much the electrical bill but the heat output.

[@ItsJustVV]

No AMD is not in trouble at all. Here's what I said on HUB's review: "I'm really, really NOT impressed at all by the 12900k... Is this the best intel has now? +7% better in games vs Zen3 at 1080p? Alder Lake comes one year later, it's much more expensive (the entire platform, CPU + big water cooler, expensive MB and DDR5), consumes more power even though it has 8 big + 8 little cores vs Zen3's 16 big cores (so that's laughable), it's hotter, it needs Win11 and DDR5 (though it malfunctions sometimes) and this is the result? Yeah, not impressed... I said when those leaks of +50% "DEMOLISHES" Zen3 click bait titles were everywhere that synthetic benchmarks are nothing, we needed trusted reviews of real world scenarios and games and this is the end result. I'm glad competition is back, because prices should get lower for Zen3, which is good, but the best Alder Lake is a mixed bag and really not impressive. Zen 3D can't come soon enough, it will have no problem achieving at least parity in performance wile also being a cheaper platform and more efficient. Now imagine Zen4 with DDR5 when it's also matured... that one also will come before Raptor Lake."

[@tycanuck]

Who are you exactly? Thanks for your opinion.

[@592Johno]

Cope.

[@seeibe]

If you were following the leaks, Alder Lake has turned out pretty much as expected. We have already known for well over a year that Intel won't be blowing AMD out of the water anytime soon. What Intel needed is to not completely get left behind with Alder Lake, and they managed that, with a competitive offer as Steve correctly points out. The company has a new promising direction under Pat Gelsinger, but it won't be until 2024 or even later until his changes in direction to the CPU department will manifest in a product Intel can bring to market. Until then the best they can do is to not completely lose face by at least trading blows with AMD, and with Alder Lake they achieved this for now.

[@ItsJustVV]

@@seeibe I agree, yet just look at some of these click bait titles or shitty reviews (not this one) - Jayztwocents paired the 12900k only vs 5900x and only showed cherry picked scenarios to make intel look like they obliterated AMD... And so many silly people like the one above your post actually believe the shilling...

[@koto483]

Benchmarks and other heavy cpu applications push it to its max wattage though in gaming its still very competitive with ryzen

[@HaakonHaug]

So buying Intel now requires water-cooling? I'd like to see performance on air if it starts to throttle.

[@mel-ju7kp]

No reason not to have an AIO already they give far better value than similarly priced air coolers and leaks are non existent compared to when they first released

[@Spido68_the_spectator]

Unless you plan to push the chip hard, no need to buy OP cooler

[@superneenjaa718]

LTT ran with noctua D 15 and their temps were reaching 100°C. So you can guess, any air cooler will have trouble keeping it cool under full load.

[@nfugitt89]

@@mel-ju7kp they’re louder and take up more room

[@Conrad75]

Buying the 12900k requires water cooling you mean… the 12600k does perfectly fine in all applications.

[@posmoo9790]

this was published two years and 7 months ago and steve says at the time the 5900x was $524. Today the 7900X costs $365. Amazing. That really is about double the performance per $ in just 30 months.

[@LithFox]

Intel vs AMD is the only time i've seen "competition" actually matter.

[@RM-el3gw]

read more then.

[@SuperFlamethrower]

And now vs Apple as well somewhat.

[@dra6o0n]

Not for gamers though, you won't be maxing out your games with unlocked FPS unless you want shorter lifespans for your PC, as well as your monitor won't display all those excess fps.

[@irresponsiblyblue1411]

Ridiculous. If competition didn't matter in the general sense, you'd be driving a Ford T.

[@SuperFlamethrower]

@@irresponsiblyblue1411 I think op means in the high performance CPU market.

[@michaelthompson9798]

Cmon Intel force AMD to deliver me my much wanted stacked cache CPUs

[@PoRRasturvaT]

These 0.1%lows make me think of situations where one thread is capped at 100% and is holding back everything else. I wonder if disabling the efficiency cores might be beneficial, while having no loss on the average performance. This might be a test worth doing, Win10 scheduler ain't getting any better since they want to push Win11 (which has less users than 7 currently).

[@unitedfools3493]

Windows 11 has 5% market share ...

[@ScotsIrish]

Glad to see you in the new place! So excited for fan testing!!!

[@Kojiro3210]

Thanks for re-assuring to me that the fixes for ryzen already implemented arent really enough to call it totally up to standard for a Ryzen processor. I've seen myself that L3 bandwidth is still very much lower than it can be on Windows 10, even tho L3 latency is kinda fixed.

[@alpha007org]

We are having a problem on one of our dev test PCs with W11 and Ryzen 5950X in the office. Every time it goes to sleep, we have to do a hard reset. Why? Maybe MB BIOS, maybe MS W11, but if we don't reset, performance becomes ... strange - not overall slower, but more like random slowdowns or "micro freezes."

[@eigos]

TL;DR - It consumes a lot of power and provides single-digit performance improvement over AMD's best chips. Price is "up there", so is that worth it...?

[@jayjaytp10]

you sound like a fanboy lol

[@monke2361]

no, 12700K is worth it

[@vailpcs4040]

It's actually a little impressive that Intel is focused so hard on making the current process size more and more efficient. It's actually making sense again as a company: focus on what you are good at and leverage that for competitive advantage. In my eyes, this is the bottom of the trough of their market share slide. It's going to be up from here and we are really going to see some kickass innovation and market competition. That's means better products for less for us.

[@princehariz7859]

Efficient? 2x power draw than amd is ridiculous

[@vailpcs4040]

@@princehariz7859 This is my point, they are doing more on a larger process. You are comparing apples to oranges, I'm saying that since Intel can't make oranges, they are making a pretty decent apple with what they have.

[@SlavicCelery]

@@princehariz7859 GPUs seemingly are the real power hungry elements in my experience. Also, reported power consumption numbers from manufacturers are not regulated.

[@Relmono]

Can you please include older generations of CPUs in the gaming benchmarks like 9700k, 8700k, 7700k so people who have not upgraded in a while can know how newer stuff compares to their older hardware? For instance, I have a 8700k and it is a little awkward for me to figure out how much better these are than mine. Thank you!

[@marvcyber815]

r5 3600 is comparable to your 8700k for productivity with gaming 5% better provided if you running it at stock settings. the productivity IPC of your cpu is literally the same as the ecores on 12900k only clocked down to 3.9GHz/3.7GHz

[@saricubra2867]

9700K sucks, always did, it is now 8 E-cores overclocked.

[@marvcyber815]

@@saricubra2867 That would be insane overclock on the E-Cores due to how dense it is (and Steve release a death match video tuned 12900k vs tuned 5950x please ty) While there's a limited amount of videos on gaming on E-Cores, it looks like to me that it has less gaming IPC than a 9700K (maybe it has less L3 cache but idk) BTW Intel managed to increase gaming IPC by a whopping 10% for over 6 years (i7 5775c vs i9 10900k) by increasing and speeding up the L3 cache while AMD did increased gaming IPC by more than 200% at that same timeframe Please Intel improve your gracemont cores for your future releases and not just rename them from skylake because AMD will make them a complete joke once they release their answer to big.Little with zen 5

[@saricubra2867]

@@marvcyber815 Is not 200%, Zen 1 is basically Haswell.

[@marvcyber815]

@@saricubra2867 Zen 3 is 230% the gaming IPC of those Bulldozer chips (so wrong grammar in my previous comment) But if you refer to Zen 1, then Zen 3 has about 45~50% more gaming IPC than that And Golden Cove is basically the same IPC or 1% more vs Zen 3 (at least in productivity)

[@SergeiSugaroverdoseShuykov]

kinda weird conclusion about value since there's no clear how much you'll need to pay to actually get working platform(with competitive performance, e.g. DDR5 memory kit)

[@giglioflex]

$300 for the ram, $250+ for the motherboard, $160 for the CPU cooler. It's extremely pricey.