Idan Ben Tovim 11:45
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Intel officially announces the i9-12900KS, the unlocked version of its new flagship processor, and claims that it is far beyond all its competitors
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Intel announces new 12th generation Alder Lake processor.
Yes, we know it sounds familiar to you, after all she has already announced 12th generation processors for the desktop (which she claimed is one of the “new gaming king”), then 12th generation processors for laptops (which she claims are better than Apple’s M1 processors ), But this time it announces a new version of the i9-12900K and claims that it is the fastest desktop processor in the world.
Gamers? Lovers of overclocking? You will want to hear it
So yes, Intel had already announced the i9-12900K as its flagship processor back in October of 2021. At the time it came with 16 cores, up to 24 processors and was able to reach clock speeds of up to 5.2 GHz, with particularly impressive energy consumption. Last night (Tuesday) it announced the i9-12900-KS (Wish Wish joke, one hop hop and we’ll get you out of the site), this is an “unlocked” version of the flagship engine that comes with the same 16 cores (8 performance and 8 “Efficiency”) with up to 24 processes and 30 MB of L3 Cache.
The twist comes in the form of the CPU’s maximum power consumption. Instead of 125W, the new processor works at 150W in its basic mode and up to 241W in turbo mode, allowing it to reach a clock speed of 5.5GHz in two cores in turbo mode (and 5.2 GHz in all cores in turbo mode). Which is definitely very impressive. This processor is primarily designed for gamers and overclocking enthusiasts who really want to squeeze all the juice out of the new processors and want every tenth of the processing power they can get. Intel claims that this is the best data for a desktop processor, but it is important to remember that in order to get this data, you will also need to be equipped with an appropriate cooling system.
But how did Uncle Sam tell Peter Parker? With great power comes a great price, and the new processor will hit stores on April 5 with a suggested retail price tag of $ 739. If you’re wondering about the competition, then earlier this month AMD announced the Ryzen 7 5800X3D, a version with a character similar to that of the KS in that it also comes with higher power consumption. At the time, AMD claimed that thanks to its new cache technology it was able to reach higher speeds than those of Intel, but in practice it was able to reach 4.5 GHz – which is not exactly the 5.5 GHz that Intel offers here. However, the AMD price tag is much more convenient and will only require you $ 449. Have we already said we like competition?
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Born with a joystick in hand. He has far too many gadgets and far too little free time to play with them all. An unexplained hammer holder for calibrating device batteries. When he’s not busy writing about technology, he likes to talk about it, and a lot
