The authors of the YouTube channel i2HARD tested the i9-12900K ES processor in work programs and games and compared it with the Ryzen 7 5800X,
i2HARD experts in the issue on YouTube comparedperformance engineering sample of the i9-12900K ES processor worth 12 thousand rubles with competitors: Ryzen 7 5800X, i5-12600K, i9-12900K. Among the working programs, processors were tested in Aida64, CPU-Z, Cinebench R23, Premiere Pro. Of the games, builds were launched in Cyberpunk 2077, Far Cry 6, Shadow of the Tomb Raider, StarCraft II, Total War Saga: Troy, CS:GO.
You can see the characteristics of all processors below.
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INAida64The engineering model shows the low speed of the first two levels of caches. At the same time, the latency of this processor is much higher, and the throughput – on the contrary, lower.
INCPU-ZThe release sample turns out to be one and a half times faster than the engineer in multi-threaded mode and twice – in single thread. About the same – in the testCinebench R23. INPremiere ProThe results of the i9-12900K ES (more precisely, the video cards) turn out to be limited by the cut-down PCIe 3.0 slot.
At the same time, in the stress test, the i9-12900K ES, unlike the release sample, performs well. The cooling system copes with the load quite well.
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INCyberpunk 2077with ultra-preset, ultra-ray tracing,With ultra-performance DLSS, disabled RT reflections and high crowd density, the engineering sample demonstrates very poor performance. It is worse not only than the 12600K, but also the i5-12400, which has simpler memory.
Far cry 6launched with ultra-preset enabledDXR shadows and reflections, disabled HD textures, FSR: Performance. Here the results turned out to be approximately the same as in the previous case. Also, the load on the GPU of the i9-12900K ES during the game turned out to be the highest: about 90%. This is due to the cut-down PCI Express slot.
At the highest graphics settings at 600p and with a resolution modifier of 20% it workedShadow of the tomb raider. In this game, even without relying on the graphics processor, the i9-12900K ES performance is one third lower than the release model of this processor. We see almost the same thing inStarCraft II, and inTotal War Saga, and inCS: GO.
On average, the performanceThe i9-12900K ES compared to the release model or the Ryzen 7 5800X, the i5-12600K was absurdly low. That is, it is definitely not suitable for games. In working programs, it performs better than the 5800X, but only if your tasks do not involve the active use of the video card.
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After overclocking the cores of the i9-12900K ES processor inAida64almost nothing has changed: caches are still slower, especially in terms of latency. Everything is very bad with the first level. INCPU-ZThe engineering sample has become a little closer to the release 12900K in multi-threaded mode, but is still not far from the i5. Approximately the same situation inCinebench. INPremiere ProThere were no changes after overclocking.
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In gaming, the i9-12900K ES's performance has improved slightly. So, inCyberpunkthe increase was 18%, due to which the engineer reached the performance of the stock i5-12400. INFar CryThe processor frame rate increased by 10%, and as a result it reached the limit of the video card. INShadow of the tomb raideraverage FPS increased by 13%. But inStarCraft IIFor the first time, the engineering sample showed itself to be better than the 5800X: however, only in the values of rare and very rare events.
You can see the rest of the measurements below.
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Conclusion
Intel Core i9-12900K ES Engineering Samples (QXJE)definitely not suitable for games. You can use them only for tasks that involve the use of multi-threaded performance and inlining for displaying an image.
PC build options:
- graphics cardPalit GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GameRock OC;
- CPUAMD Ryzen 7 5800X/Intel Core i5-12600K/Intel Core i9-12900K ES (QXJE)/Intel Core i9-12900K;
- motherboardASRock B550 Taichi Razer Edition/ASUS TUF Gaming Z690-plus WIFI D4;
- DDR4 RAMG.SKILL Trident Z F4-3200C14D-32GTZ 2×16 GB;
- cooling systemARCTIC Cooling Liquid Freezer II-360;
- storage deviceCrucial MX500 2TB;
- power unitDeepcool DQ850-M-V2L;
- frameOpen Stand;
- operating systemWindows 11