Intel Core i9-12900K Review: 33 Ratings, Pros and Cons
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Intel Core i9-12900K Review: 33 Ratings, Pros and Cons

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Check all the 33 reviews find on Components Intel Core i9-12900K, with the 23 ratings, comments, pros & cons from the reviewers.
Theses reviews and tests from Components magazines and websites give 23 ratings, we get this average rating to this Intel product : 4.3/5.

Intel Core i9-12900K ratings

23 Ratings ranked from best to worst, green to good grades, red to bad, Average rating: 4.3/5 (86.33/100)
5/5TechPowerUp
5/5Les Numériques
5/5Chip.de
5/5Digital Citizen
4.5/5Windows Central
4.5/5Allround-PC
9/10HardwareZone
4.375/5Real Hardware
85/100TechGaming
83/100Digit
8/10KitGuru
8/10MMORPG.com
7/10DigitalTrends
3.5/5PCMag
3/5Club386
Preview or review without rating: Tom's Hardware, HardwareCooking, TechRadar, Gadgets360, Ubergizmo, PC Invasion, TechBroll

Intel Core i9-12900K review : With an average rating of 4.3/5, you can buy Intel Core i9-12900K with your eyes closed (or almost). The opinions of the testers seem unanimous !


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Pros and cons for Intel Core i9-12900K List of reviews and ratings

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Les Numériques

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

5
5
Chip.de

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 04/11/2021 -[read the full review on Chip.de]
4.5
5
Windows Central
Intel Core i9-12900K reviewed by Windows Central
Review Intel Core i9-12900K by Windows Central
Stunning board design
Plenty of I/O
Custom water cooling loop support
DDR5 and PCIe 5.0 support
Excellent performance
Easy PCIe release button
Only 2.5Gb LAN
Pricey
Overkill for most PC builds
[4.5/5] reviewed at 04/11/2021 -[read the full review on Windows Central]
[5/5] reviewed at 04/11/2021 -[read the full review on Windows Central]
5
5
Digital Citizen

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

4.5
5
Allround-PC

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 04/11/2021 -[read the full review on Allround-PC]
9
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HardwareZone
Intel Core i9-12900K reviewed by HardwareZone
Review Intel Core i9-12900K by HardwareZone
Fantastic gaming performance
Also great at workload productivity
Innovative P-core and E-core hybrid architecture
Companion Z690 chipset offers more tangible benefits unlike previous generations
It won't be an upgrade; it will be an overhaul
Unlikely to be easy to find at retail
Requires a good quality AIO cooler
[9/10] reviewed at 04/11/2021 -[read the full review on HardwareZone]
[9/10] reviewed at 04/11/2021 -[read the full review on HardwareZone]
reviewed at 13/04/2022 -[read the full review on HardwareZone]
4.375
5
Real Hardware

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

85
100
TechGaming

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 04/11/2022 -[read the full review on TechGaming]
83
100
Digit
Intel Core i9-12900K reviewed by Digit
Review Intel Core i9-12900K by Digit
Knocks it out of the park in most benchmarks
Great for gaming
Power consumption is quite high
DDR5 is expensive
reviewed at 04/11/2021 -[read the full review on Digit]
8
10
MMORPG.com
Intel Core i9-12900K reviewed by MMORPG.com
Review Intel Core i9-12900K by MMORPG.com
12900K offers class leading gaming performance
12600K is a great value for gamers and content creators
Support for new technologies: DDR5 and PCIe 5.0
P-core/E-core paradigm has clear benefits to system performance
High maximum power draw on 12900K
Temperatures are an issue on the 12900K
Requires a new motherboard
Thread Director is only available in Windows 11
reviewed at 04/11/2021 -[read the full review on MMORPG.com]
5
5
TechPowerUp
Intel Core i9-12900K reviewed by TechPowerUp
Review Intel Core i9-12900K by TechPowerUp
World's fastest gaming processor
Impressive application performance
Huge gains in low-threaded applications
Multiplier unlocked
Energy efficiency improved
Integrated graphics
Support for DDR5 and PCI-Express 5.0
10 nanometer production process
High price
Very high heat output / power usage
New LGA1700 motherboards required
Some workloads get scheduled onto wrong cores
Energy efficiency worse than AMD Zen 3
No CPU cooler included
Manual overclocking not worth it
[5/5] reviewed at 09/11/2021 -[read the full review on TechPowerUp]
[5/5] reviewed at 04/11/2021 -[read the full review on TechPowerUp]
[4/5] reviewed at 12/11/2021 -[read the full review on TechPowerUp]
[4/5] reviewed at 19/11/2021 -[read the full review on TechPowerUp]
[5/5] reviewed at 08/12/2021 -[read the full review on TechPowerUp]
[4/5] reviewed at 01/04/2022 -[read the full review on TechPowerUp]
7
10
DigitalTrends
Intel Core i9-12900K reviewed by DigitalTrends
Review Intel Core i9-12900K by DigitalTrends
Amazing single-core and multi-core performance
DDR5 memory support
Industry-leading gaming performance
Still faster than the best AMD has to offer
Expensive
Very hot and power-hungry
8
10
KitGuru

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

[8/10] reviewed at 04/11/2021 -[read the full review on KitGuru]
[7/10] reviewed at 29/04/2022 -[read the full review on KitGuru]
3.5
5
PCMag
Intel Core i9-12900K reviewed by PCMag
Review Intel Core i9-12900K by PCMag
Faster clocks than "ordinary" Core i9-12900K, including 5.5GHz peak on two cores
16-core design
Integrated graphics, unlike competing Ryzen 9s
Nifty collectors' tin
Runs very hot
Big price premium over Core i9-12900K for modest gains
Demands robust, high-end cooling
reviewed at 15/06/2022 -[read the full review on PCMag]
3
5
Club386
Intel Core i9-12900K reviewed by Club386
Review Intel Core i9-12900K by Club386
Pricey at £750
High power demand
Slightly faster than 12900K

reviewed at 12/04/2022 -[read the full review on Club386]
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Tom's Hardware

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

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HardwareCooking

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

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TechRadar

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 04/11/2021 -[read the full review on TechRadar]
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Gadgets360

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 11/11/2021 -[read the full review on Gadgets360]
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Ubergizmo

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 24/11/2021 -[read the full review on Ubergizmo]
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PC Invasion

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 07/01/2022 -[read the full review on PC Invasion]
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TechBroll

No "Pros & Cons" find for this reviewer.

reviewed at 23/05/2022 -[read the full review on TechBroll]

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An average rating of 4.3/5 with 23 ratings. This Components got 7 times the maximum score in the reviews!

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Intel Core i9-12900K ratings

23 Ratings ranked from best to worst, green to good grades, red to bad, Average rating: 4.3/5.
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  5/5  TechPowerUp  5/5  Les Numériques  5/5  Chip.de  5/5  Digital Citizen
  4.5/5  Windows Central  4.5/5  Allround-PC  9/10  HardwareZone  4.375/5  Real Hardware
  85/100  TechGaming  83/100  Digit  8/10  KitGuru  8/10  MMORPG.com
  7/10  DigitalTrends  3.5/5  PCMag  3/5  Club386
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