Originally posted by skeevy420
View Post
Announcement
Collapse
No announcement yet.
Intel Launches The Core i9 12900KS At Up To 5.5GHz Alder Lake
Collapse
X
-
Last edited by Aggedor; 28 March 2022, 03:44 PM.
- Likes 3
Comment
-
Anyone else remember how we were promised 5 GHz+ processors back in the Pentium 4 days? There was a if I recall correctly a 4.8 GHz P4 and then GHz fell into the 2s and 3s for a long time and have only recently approached 5 GHz again. As a teen I thought we would have 7 GHz processors by 2022 but instead we went for more cores instead with 64 core systems available for servers in dual socket systems.
- Likes 2
Comment
-
Originally posted by tildearrow View Post
Truth is that Intel could just use their mobile designs which are only slightly slower than their desktop ones, yet draw way less power (unless I am missing something).
- Likes 1
Comment
-
Originally posted by tildearrow View Post
Truth is that Intel could just use their mobile designs which are only slightly slower than their desktop ones, yet draw way less power (unless I am missing something).
Intel really started pushing clocks hard with the Skylake respins (7000 series+), and didn't drop the bad habit after that. At that part of the voltage-frequency curve, even on the desktop ADL processors, a tiny drop in frequency (5%?) would save a ton of power.Last edited by brucethemoose; 28 March 2022, 05:13 PM.
- Likes 1
Comment
-
I expect performance numbers to be similar with the 5800X3D, but total cost of system ownership is going to be a popcorn-fest.
12900K 5800X
244W 127W Full load power draw (according to Gamers Nexus)
DDR5 DDR4
Z690 X570
Even for the regular 12900K, every one of those metrics means the Intel system is more expensive. For performance similar to the 5800X3D, which is unlikely to draw more power than a regular 5800X, the 12900KS will draw... 300 Watts? So, more expensive cooling, more expensive RAM, more expensive motherboard, and a higher power bill, not to mention extra heat in your room.
The only thing I can think of favouring the 12900KS is maybe, partly availability, because every one of those produced will be sold to 'enthusiast PC builders', whereas AMD can sell Ryzen dies as anything from desktop to EPYC, and prefers to sell the Vcache stuff as Milan-X.
Comment
Comment