12th

Gen Intel Core i9-12900

Gen Intel Core i9-12900
BENCHMARKS (3)
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Effective Speed -43%Effective Speed -43%Average Score -35%Memory -59%, 1-Core -35%, 2-Core -33%, 4-Core -35%, 8-Core -13%Overclocked Score -3%1-Core -2%, 2-Core 2%, 4-Core 4%, 8-Core 12%, Memory -30%Value & Sentiment -89%User Rating -89%Nice To Haves +35% 64-Core 41%, 64-Core 18%, Age 44%

Average Bench: 74.1% (328^th of 1456)

Based on 3 user benchmarks. Device: 0000000000000000 Model: 12th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i9-12900

Poor: 54%Average: 74.1% Great: 108%

Gaming 74%

Battleship

Desktop 75%

Battleship

Workstation 95%

Nuclear submarine

Good average bench

The 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900 averaged 25.8% lower than the peak scores attained by the group leaders. This isn't a great result which indicates that there are much faster alternatives on the comparison list.

Strengths

Avg. Multi Core Speed 2,116Pts

Avg. Quad Core Speed 510Pts

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Unknown consistency

There are too few samples to reasonably determine how consistently this CPU perfroms. This result should be interpreted with caution.

Weaknesses

Avg. Memory Latency 52.6Pts

Avg. Octa Core Speed 1,037Pts

Average Bench

(Based on 3 samples)

Rank 32874.1%

Min	Avg	Max
32.4	Memory 52.6	71.1
78.3	1-Core 135	190
146	2-Core 271	390
79% 153 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
291	4-Core 510	778
549	8-Core 1,037	1,427
90.9% 774 Pts

Min	Avg	Max
1,201	64-Core 2,116	2,692
131% 2,116 Pts

User Benchmarks

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The fastest CPU (mainstream) averages a speed of 100%

USA-User, 5 months ago.Gen Intel Core i9-12900,

None, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads

Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)

108% Outstanding

Memory 71.1

1-Core 190

2-Core 390

111% 217 Pts

4-Core 778

8-Core 1,427

132% 1,102 Pts

64-Core 2,455

152% 2,455 Pts

IND-User, 20 months ago.Gen Intel Core i9-12900,

None, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads

Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)

59.7% Above average

Memory 32.4

1-Core 137

2-Core 278

73% 149 Pts

4-Core 461

8-Core 1,136

91% 798 Pts

64-Core 2,692

167% 2,692 Pts

USA-User, 9 months ago.Gen Intel Core i9-12900,

None, 1 CPU, 12 cores, 24 threads

Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)

54.2% Above average

Memory 54.2

1-Core 78.3

2-Core 146

52% 92.9 Pts

4-Core 291

8-Core 549

50% 420 Pts

64-Core 1,201

74% 1,201 Pts

Market Share (See Leaders)

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12th

Gen Intel Core i9-12900