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Intel BX8071512900F

Core i9-12900F

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Release date ≈ Q1 2022.

Average Bench: 113% (35th of 1442)

Based on 1,540 user benchmarks.  Device: BFEBFBFF00090672 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900F
Poor: 108%Average: 113% Great: 119%
Gaming
Gaming 113%
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Desktop
Desktop 113%
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Workstation
Workstation 133%
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Outstanding average bench

The Intel Core i9-12900F averaged 12.9% higher than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This is an excellent result which ranks the Intel Core i9-12900F near the top of the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Multi Core Speed 2,683Pts
Avg. Quad Core Speed 786Pts

Very good consistency

The range of scores (95th - 5th percentile) for the Intel Core i9-12900F is just 10.6%. This is a relatively narrow range which indicates that the Intel Core i9-12900F performs reasonably consistently under varying real world conditions.

Weaknesses

Avg. Memory Latency 78.6Pts
Avg. Octa Core Speed 1,444Pts
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Average Bench

(Based on 1,540 samples)
Rank 35113%
Min Avg Max
71.4 Memory 78.6 89.6
193 1-Core 201 208
388 2-Core 400 411
117% 227 Pts
Min Avg Max
763 4-Core 786 805
1,309 8-Core 1,444 1,549
134% 1,115 Pts
Min Avg Max
2,445 64-Core 2,683 2,802
166% 2,683 Pts
User Benchmarks BenchNormalHeavyServer
The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%
U3E1, 1 CPU, 16 cores, 24 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 4.5 GHz (avg)
112% Outstanding
Memory 78.5
1-Core 200
2-Core 396
116% 225 Pts
4-Core 780
8-Core 1,417
132% 1,098 Pts
64-Core 2,676
166% 2,676 Pts
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 Market Share (See Leaders)

The number of benchmark samples for this model as a percentage of all 67,750,265 CPUs tested

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Gaming 115%
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Desktop
Desktop 111%
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Workstation
Workstation 134%
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CPU
Core i9-12900FIntel  $494Bench 113%, 1,540 samples80x
GPU
RTX 3060Nvidia  $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples222x
RTX 3080Nvidia  $625Bench 187%, 424,051 samples197x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia  $499Bench 158%, 218,061 samples167x
SSD
SNVS1000G 1TBKingstonBench 178%, 18,978 samples247x
SNV2S2000G 2TBKingstonBench 280%, 16,715 samples182x
Black SN750 SE NVMe PCIe M.2 1TBWD  $95Bench 247%, 17,877 samples117x
RAM
KF3200C18D4/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 96%, 1,404 samples333x
KF3200C16D4/16GX 2x16GBKingstonBench 91%, 43,162 samples225x
KF2666C16D4/8G 2x8GBKingstonBench 79%, 8,345 samples76x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 93% - Outstanding Total price: $768

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Terrible

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Amazing for the price. There's no point going the AMD route nowadays as Intel offers more compatibility (DDR4) and much better price to performance. Not sure why anyone would spend more for a worse processor.

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