Intel will launch worlds fastest desktop CPU on April 5

Date:
Mon, 28 Mar 2022 09:53:55 +0000

Description:
Intels Core i9-12900KS processor will beat AMDs Ryzen 7 5800X3D to the punch.

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Intels Core i9-12900KS processor is set to launch on April 5, just over a week away.

The 12900KS will debut at the Intel Talking Tech event which will be streamed on Twitch at 12pm PT in the US (thats 8pm UK time), during which expert PC builders will show off their skills putting together a number of machines, presumably around the new Alder Lake chip. Join us as we build 4 PCs with industry experts and talk about the 12th Gen processor family features and
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Intel bills the KS version of its flagship which essentially uses the best-performing 12900K silicon, capable of being pushed to higher clock
speeds as the worlds fastest desktop processor based on the fact that its capable of boosting up to 5.5GHz.

Thats impressive, of course, but that speed can only be hit on a single-core over a limited period of time, with the rumor mill asserting that the
all-core boost will be 5.2GHz (which again, is still impressive over the full 8 performance cores of this CPU). Analysis: Top dog CPUs to battle it out in April

Its no great surprise to hear that the launch of Intels Core i9-12900KS is so close, given that weve already seen the incoming flagship listed at some retailers complete with pre-release pricing, and indeed one report contends that someone has already bought one of the CPUs.

While Intels assertion that this is the worlds fastest desktop CPU based on clocks is one thing, what PC owners will really be interested in is how well the 12900KS performs in real-world apps and games.

What makes this a really interesting launch is the incoming rival Ryzen 7 5800X3D due to arrive on April 20, as AMD has claimed this refreshed
processor beats out the vanilla 12900K, and so should come close to the KS version, at least in terms of gaming. Outside of games, the 5800X3D wont be
so competitive with the Alder Lake top dogs, but for hardcore PC gamers who arent bothered about other apps in the main, that may not matter.

The crucial point will be the pricing here, and we already know that the new Ryzen processor will cost $449 (around 340, AU$625), or at least thats the recommended price. We dont know how the Core i9-12900KS will be priced yet, but pre-release leaks suggest it could go as high as $800 in the US (around 610, AU$1,070). If thats the case, the relative value proposition is clearly going to be pretty heavily tilted in favor of Team Red. (Remember, the 12900K currently sells for around $600 or so in the US, so we can certainly expect
KS pricing to be higher than that).

Ultimately, though, we cant judge the relative merits of these high-end CPUs until weve tested them both, and taken into account whatever the final price tags end up as (at retailers, not MSRPs and the latter could be quite different depending on demand and availability). Check out the best PC components for your rig

Via Wccftech



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