Intel Core i9-12900K Sample Compares Well against AMD Ryzen 9 5950X in New Benchmarks

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Intel’s next flagship processor is the Core i9-12900K, an “Alder Lake-S” CPU that leverages a novel design comprising small and big cores. New benchmark scores have appeared for a qualification sample of the highly anticipated chip that suggest the final product should compare favorably against today’s flagships.



As spotted on Puget Systems’ benchmark site before it was taken down, the Core i9-12900K managed an overall score of 1,575 on the PugetBench After Effects 0.93.2 test with an ASUS ROG Strix Z690-E motherboard and 64 GB of 4,800 MHz memory. This is just a little bit slower than what AMD’s flagship achieved; the Ryzen 9 5950X scored 1,581 in the same test. Intel’s Core i9-12900K also performed considerably better than its current “Rocket Lake-S” flagship, the Core i9-11900K, which only managed a score of 1,548.



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