According to Intel, the Core i9-12900K is 12% faster than the Ryzen 9 5950X in games

Today at 2pm Intel will present its 12th. Generation of Intel Core processors “Alder Lake-S”, and as always, a few hours before some official slides were leaked that tell us what to expect from the announcement. In this case, they show us the specifications and prices of the models that will be announced this afternoon, and also the performance in games of the Core i9-12900K compared to the Ryzen 9 5950X.

In its table of specifications there are not too many new features, since we knew practically all the information regarding cores, frequencies, memory support, TDP, and more, although for the first time we can see the official prices.

The top of the range model, the Core i9-12900K, will cost US $ 589, while its version without integrated will cost US $ 564. Then in the i7 line, the Core i7-12700K will cost US $ 409 while its version Without integrated it will cost US $ 384, and finally in the i5 line, the Core i5-12600K will cost US $ 289 while its version without integrated will cost US $ 264.

On the gaming performance side, Intel compared the Core i9-12900K to the Core i9-11900K and the Ryzen 9 5950X, showing that on average its CPU performs 12% more than the Reds’ CPU, and that it can reach get up to 30% more performance in certain games, as well as underperform in others.

As we mentioned, the Alder Lake platform will be announced this afternoon, so there is little left to know all the news not only about the CPUs but also about the motherboards of the different manufacturers, and possibly also about the DDR5 memories of some companies, as well Keep up to date with HD Tecnología to know all the news.

What do you think of these first performance numbers for the Core i9-12900K? And about its price?

Source: Videocardz