Intel’s upcoming Core i9-12900K processor is the star of yet another impressive leaked benchmark run
Intel’s upcoming Core i9-12900K processor is the star of yet another leaked benchmark run, and like several that have come before this one, it adds to the pre-launch hype and expectations surrounding Alder Lake. Obviously we can’t put too much stock into pre-release (read: unofficial) benchmarks. But they are out there all the same, and they are collectively setting an interesting bar for Intel to achieve. The Core i9-12900K figures to be Intel’s flagship Alder Lake CPU on the desktop, at least initially. During the Intel Architecture Day 2021 event last month, Intel reiterated that Alder Lake will be offered with up to 16 total cores, including up to eight high performance Golden Cove cores and up to eight power efficient Gracemont cores. A full configuration, then, would feature 16 cores (8 big + 8 small) and 24 threads, since big cores support Hyper Threading (8 big + 8 threads + 8 small = 24). The L3 cache will max out at 30MB. And so that is what we are looking at for the Core i9-12900K. What we don’t know for sure yet are the clock speeds, though past leaks have given us an idea. What about actual performance, though? Have a looked at this leaked CPU-Z benchmark run… A forum member at Bilibili posted the above photo of a screenshot, using what we can only assume is a Fisher Price camera with Vasoline smeared over the lens.
