A few days ago, this site reported that Intel officially released the 12th generation Core i9-12900KS (special edition). Subsequently, on April 5, the e-commerce platform began to sell at 5678 yuan. Although it is about 700 yuan higher than the 4999 yuan release price of the i9-12900K, the turbo frequency of up to 5.5GHz makes the hardcore gamers who pursue single-core high frequency and the continuous high load demand cheer. Not only that, MSI recently said that it can overclock up to 7.45GHz with its own MEG Z690 UNIFY-X Shadow Motherboard.
The current list price of the i9-12900KS on Intel's official website is $739-749. The domestic pricing is 5699 yuan, and after adding some preferential treatments on the e-commerce platform, the price is about 5628 yuan.
It is reported that the i9-12900KS provides 8 P cores + 8 E cores/24 threads, 14MB L2 cache, and 30MB L3 cache. Compared with the i9-12900K, the P-core frequency of the i9-12900KS is increased from 3.2-5.2GHz to 3.4-5.5GHz, the E-core frequency is increased from 2.4-3.9GHz to 2.5-4.0GHz, the reference power consumption is increased from 125W to 150W, and the maximum turbo frequency power consumption is roughly at the level of 241--260W.
Remember the first day of the CES 2022 exhibition, a Ryzen 7 5800X3D compared to i9-12900K six game test score chart, let many netizens boil. Looking at it now, Intel's i9-12900KS Easter egg is really a surprise.
In addition, in the competition of the entry-level processor market, taking the Core i3-12100 as an example, the channel price is less than 900 yuan, but in the comprehensive test of 1080P games on the test platform, it actually beats amD Ryzen 5500 and Ryzen 5600G. At the same time, the 12th generation Core i5-12400 game performance of the visible positioning mid-range is also visible.
Therefore, AMD Ryzen's new products are going to speed up, and seeing that the first quarter of 2022 has passed, the annual sales golden season cannot be missed.