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IntelBX80677I57600T
IntelBX8071512900K
  

4 Cores, 4 Threads @2.80 GHz, Kaby Lake.
Release date ≈ Q1 2017.

16 Cores, 24 Threads @3.2GHz, Alder Lake.
Release date: Q4 2021.

Real World Speed
Performance profile from 67,468 user samples
477 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 85% Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 54% Base clock 0.8 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Poor: 54% Great: 85%
SPEED RANK: 324th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
66,991 User Benchmarks
Best Bench: 124% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 5.1 GHz (avg)
Worst Bench: 107% Base clock 3.2 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Poor: 107% Great: 124%
SPEED RANK: 35th / 1468
Gaming
Gaming 117%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 116%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 138%
UFO
Effective Speed
Effective CPU Speed
75.1 % 117 % Much faster effective speed.
+55%
Memory
Avg. Memory Latency
82 Pts +1% 80.8 Pts
1-Core
Avg. Single Core Speed
106 Pts 207 Pts Hugely faster single-core speed.
+95%
2-Core
Avg. Dual Core Speed
209 Pts 412 Pts Hugely faster dual-core speed.
+97%
4-Core
Avg. Quad Core Speed
393 Pts 814 Pts Hugely faster quad-core speed.
+107%
8-Core
Avg. Octa Core Speed
402 Pts 1,516 Pts Hugely faster octa-core speed.
+277%
Memory
OC Memory Latency
92.6 Pts +0% 92.2 Pts
1-Core
OC Single Core Speed
119 Pts 218 Pts Hugely faster OC single-core speed.
+83%
2-Core
OC Dual Core Speed
233 Pts 436 Pts Hugely faster OC dual-core speed.
+87%
4-Core
OC Quad Core Speed
454 Pts 858 Pts Hugely faster OC quad-core speed.
+89%
8-Core
OC Octa Core Speed
454 Pts 1,655 Pts Hugely faster OC octa-core speed.
+265%
Market Share
Based on 69,007,184 CPUs tested
Market Share
Market Share (trailing 30 days)
0.01 % 0.8 % Insanely higher market share.
+7,900%
User Rating
UBM User Rating
51 % 84 % Much more popular.
+65%
Age
Newest
92+ Months 36 Months Much more recent.
+61%
64-Core
OC Multi Core Speed
455 Pts 2,996 Pts Hugely faster OC 64-core speed.
+558%
64-Core
Avg. Multi Core Speed
402 Pts 2,804 Pts Hugely faster 64-core speed.
+598%

Intel’s 16-core flagship Alder Lake i9-12900K processor delivers a staggering performance improvement over it's predecessor (+70% 64-core). It features a new hybrid architecture which combines eight hyper-threaded performance cores with eight efficiency cores for a total of 24 threads. Alder Lake CPUs will require a new Z690 chipset which supports DDR5 memory and PCIe 5.0. At an MRSP of $590 USD, the i9-12900K is aimed at power users who demand the best of the best. That said, Intel’s 10-core 12600K matches the 12900K’s performance for the majority of consumer use cases at a 50% price discount. [Nov '21 CPUPro]

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