Intel Core i9-12900K

The two completely different approaches of AMD and Intel are only partially successful. Intel's Core i9-12900KS is brazenly overpriced compared to the extra performance it offers, a clear candidate for users who only want to buy the top model on principle. AMD's Ryzen 7 5800X3D costs a little more in percentage terms compared to the standard variant, but also offers more benefits to gamers with an...

Even without measurements with additional background jobs, the Core i9-12900K jumps onto the winner's podium. The new CPU from Intel brings an enormous amount of computing power.

Even without measurements with additional background jobs, the Core i9-12900K jumps onto the winner's podium. The new top CPU from Intel brings an enormous amount of computing power - under Windows 11.

Intel brings a very pleasant, fresh wind to the CPU market with the new hybrid processors. It is the mixture of the P- and E-cores, PCI-Express 5.0 and DDR5 that looks very advanced at a stroke and is convincing on the page. However, Intel is now going the way of AMD in the summer of 2019: there is still no hardware that can take real advantage of the new PCI Express interface...