Although in terms of actual game performance, the Core i9-12900K has been challenged by the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, but it can be seen from the model that the Ryzen 7 5800X3D is still a high-end product, and it is also the main cost performance in the game performance, and does not pursue comprehensive transcendence, so the performance crown of the i9-12900K is still worn steadily, until... Our own i9-12900KS arrives. How strong is this super flagship product, I believe many small partners are very interested, let's take a look at it today, don't drool.
From the perspective of specifications, the i9-12900KS is actually a pure i9-12900K overclocking version, only the frequency is increased from 3.2GHz ~ 5.2GHz to 3.4GHz ~ 5.5GHz. Others such as number of cores/threads, chip caching, PCIe channels, memory support, etc. have not changed. Its base power consumption has been increased from 125W to 150W, but the maximum power consumption has been maintained at 241W, so there is no need to use a stronger power supply and heat dissipation configuration in theory.
Back to the point, how strong is the i9-12900KS? Let's take a look at what kind of measured results can be achieved on the top platform with Z690 motherboard, 16GB×2 DDR4 3200 memory, and RTX 3090 Ti motherboard. First, let's look at the unbeatable theoretical calculations, daily applications, and professional application ability tests.
Judging by the test results, the performance growth of the i9-12900KS in some aspects is obviously much higher than the 5% frequency increase, which may be because it has a lower frequency boost threshold and a longer running time at high frequencies. So in the actual game, can you completely shake off the threat of the opponent, let's add the Ryzen 7 5800X3D + X570 motherboard, based on 1080P resolution and the highest picture quality.
Judging from the measured results, the i9-12900KS does go further in terms of game capabilities and is no longer threatened by opponents, of course, the Ryzen 7 5800X3D has achieved such results at a price of more than half of the price, and the cost performance is still very good. In addition, look at the actual frame rate, you will find that in the mainstream resolution of 1080P, the current graphics card seems to have become the bottleneck of flagship products such as i9-12900KS, and perhaps after the launch of the next generation of graphics cards, this CPU can have more amazing performance.