Intel Core i9-12900K Review: 33 Ratings, Pros and Cons

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Intel Core i9-12900K Review: 33 Ratings, Pros and Cons

Date: 04/11/2021 (Last saved review: 04/11/2022) - Review: CommentChoisir.fr

Check all the 33 reviews find on Components Intel Core i9-12900K, with the 23 ratings, comments, pros & cons from the reviewers.
Theses reviews and tests from Components magazines and websites give 23 ratings, we get this average rating to this Intel product : 4.3/5.

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Intel Core i9-12900K review : With an average rating of 4.3/5, you can buy Intel Core i9-12900K with your eyes closed (or almost). The opinions of the testers seem unanimous !

This product got 7 times the maximum score in the reviews! This is pretty rare and shows that this Components is extremely successful!

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2/ Pros and cons Intel Core i9-12900K
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4/ Conclusion

Intel Core i9-12900K ratings

23 Ratings ranked from best to worst, green to good grades, red to bad, Average rating: 4.3/5.
Source: https://www.commentChoisir.fr

5/5 TechPowerUp	5/5 Les Numériques	5/5 Chip.de	5/5 Digital Citizen
4.5/5 Windows Central	4.5/5 Allround-PC	9/10 HardwareZone	4.375/5 Real Hardware
85/100 TechGaming	83/100 Digit	8/10 KitGuru	8/10 MMORPG.com
7/10 DigitalTrends	3.5/5 PCMag	3/5 Club386

7 Preview or review without rating: Tom's Hardware, HardwareCooking, TechRadar, Gadgets360, Ubergizmo, PC Invasion, TechBroll

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Pros and cons for Intel Core i9-12900K List of reviews and ratings

To better compare, we looked for you the advantages and disadvantages of Below and the notes given by specialized sites.

Les Numériques

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 04/11/2021 - [read the full review on Les Numériques]

Chip.de

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 04/11/2021 - [read the full review on Chip.de]

4.5

Windows Central

Stunning board design
Plenty of I/O
Custom water cooling loop support
DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 support
Excellent performance
Easy PCIe release button

Only 2.5Gb LAN
Pricey
Overkill for most PC builds

[4.5/5] reviewed at 04/11/2021 - Review: This ASUS motherboard is a perfect match for Intel's Core i9-12900K [read the full review on Windows Central]
[5/5] reviewed at 04/11/2021 - Review: Intel shoots back at AMD with the impressive Core i9-12900K [read the full review on Windows Central]

Digital Citizen

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 06/06/2022 - [read the full review on Digital Citizen]

4.5

Allround-PC

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 04/11/2021 - [read the full review on Allround-PC]

HardwareZone

Fantastic gaming performance
Also great at workload productivity
Innovative P-core and E-core hybrid architecture
Companion Z690 chipset offers more tangible benefits unlike previous generations

It won't be an upgrade; it will be an overhaul
Unlikely to be easy to find at retail
Requires a good quality AIO cooler

[9/10] reviewed at 04/11/2021 - Test Intel 12th Gen Core i9-12900K: Intel is back in the game, literally [read the full review on HardwareZone]
[9/10] reviewed at 04/11/2021 - Test Intel 12th Gen Core i9-12900K: The new "best" gaming processor [read the full review on HardwareZone]
reviewed at 13/04/2022 - Test Intel Core i9-12900KS: The processor you don't need but probably want it anyway [read the full review on HardwareZone]

4.375

Real Hardware

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 04/11/2021 - [read the full review on Real Hardware]

100

TechGaming

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 04/11/2022 - [read the full review on TechGaming]

100

Digit

Knocks it out of the park in most benchmarks
Great for gaming

Power consumption is quite high
DDR5 is expensive

reviewed at 04/11/2021 - [read the full review on Digit]

MMORPG.com

12900K offers class leading gaming performance
12600K is a great value for gamers and content creators
Support for new technologies: DDR5 and PCIe 5.0
P-core/E-core paradigm has clear benefits to system performance

High maximum power draw on 12900K
Temperatures are an issue on the 12900K
Requires a new motherboard
Thread Director is only available in Windows 11

reviewed at 04/11/2021 - [read the full review on MMORPG.com]

TechPowerUp

World's fastest gaming processor
Impressive application performance
Huge gains in low-threaded applications
Multiplier unlocked
Energy efficiency improved
Integrated graphics
Support for DDR5 and PCI-Express 5.0
10 nanometer production process

High price
Very high heat output / power usage
New LGA1700 motherboards required
Some workloads get scheduled onto wrong cores
Energy efficiency worse than AMD Zen 3
No CPU cooler included
Manual overclocking not worth it

[5/5] reviewed at 09/11/2021 - Test DDR4 vs DDR5 on Intel Core i9-12900K Alder Lake [read the full review on TechPowerUp]
[5/5] reviewed at 04/11/2021 - Test Intel Core i9-12900K - Fighting for the Performance Crown [read the full review on TechPowerUp]
[4/5] reviewed at 12/11/2021 - Test Windows 10 & Intel Core i9-12900K Alder Lake Performance - E Cores Causing Any Trouble? [read the full review on TechPowerUp]
[4/5] reviewed at 19/11/2021 - Test Intel Core i9-12900K E-Cores Only Performance [read the full review on TechPowerUp]
[5/5] reviewed at 08/12/2021 - Intel Core i9-12900K Alder Lake Tested at Power Limits between 50 W and 241 W [read the full review on TechPowerUp]
[4/5] reviewed at 01/04/2022 - Test Intel Core i9-12900KS - The Best Just Got Better [read the full review on TechPowerUp]

DigitalTrends

Amazing single-core and multi-core performance
DDR5 memory support
Industry-leading gaming performance
Still faster than the best AMD has to offer

Expensive
Very hot and power-hungry

reviewed at 11/04/2022 - [read the full review on DigitalTrends]

KitGuru

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

[8/10] reviewed at 04/11/2021 - Test Intel Core i9-12900K [read the full review on KitGuru]
[7/10] reviewed at 29/04/2022 - Test Intel Core i9-12900KS ? Fast, Juicy, Hot and Dumb [read the full review on KitGuru]

3.5

PCMag

Faster clocks than "ordinary" Core i9-12900K, including 5.5GHz peak on two cores
16-core design
Integrated graphics, unlike competing Ryzen 9s
Nifty collectors' tin

Runs very hot
Big price premium over Core i9-12900K for modest gains
Demands robust, high-end cooling

reviewed at 15/06/2022 - [read the full review on PCMag]

Club386

Pricey at £750
High power demand
Slightly faster than 12900K

reviewed at 12/04/2022 - [read the full review on Club386]

not scored

Tom's Hardware

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 04/11/2021 - Test Intel Core i9-12900K and Core i5-12600K: Retaking the Gaming Crown [read the full review on Tom's Hardware]
reviewed at 03/04/2022 - Test Intel Core i9-12900KS: The Fastest Gaming Chip Ever [read the full review on Tom's Hardware]

not scored

HardwareCooking

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 04/11/2021 - Test : Intel Core i9-12900K, le nouveau flagship à 16 coeurs et 24 threads [read the full review on HardwareCooking]
reviewed at 26/05/2022 - Test : Intel Core i9-12900KS, un CPU très chaud pour le gaming [read the full review on HardwareCooking]

not scored

TechRadar

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 04/11/2021 - [read the full review on TechRadar]

not scored

Gadgets360

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 11/11/2021 - [read the full review on Gadgets360]

not scored

Ubergizmo

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 24/11/2021 - [read the full review on Ubergizmo]