The Intel Core i7-12700K and Core i5-12600K Review: High Performance For the Mid-Range
by Gavin Bonshor on March 29, 2022 8:00 AM ESTCPU Benchmark Performance: Power, Office, and Science
Our previous set of ‘office’ benchmarks have often been a mix of science and synthetics, so this time we wanted to keep our office section purely on real-world performance.
For the remainder of the testing in this review of the Core i7-12700K and i5-12600K, we are using DDR5 memory at the following settings:
- DDR5-4800(B) CL40
Power
Comparing power draw to other competing CPUs, both the Core i7-12700K and Core i5-12600K are noticeably more power-efficient than previous generations including both Intel's 11th Gen and 10th Gen Core. Though at full-load with no overclocking, AMD's Ryzen 5000 and 3000 series processors remain much more power-efficient.
Office
In our office benchmarks, Intel's 12th Gen Core reigns supreme in Agisoft Photoscan due to its higher core frequency and IPC performance.
Science
In the majority of our science-based benchmarks, both the Core i7 and Core i5 did well. The only benchmarks that didn't favor the 12th Gen Core series processors were in 3DPM 2.1, but more specifically in the AVX test.
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AshlayW - Wednesday, March 30, 2022 - link
Bye thenmode_13h - Thursday, March 31, 2022 - link
Don't let the Blastdoor hit you on the way out!Sorry, couldn't resist.
:D
eek2121 - Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - link
Good to see Intel winning at Dwarf Fortress again.Chaser - Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - link
Another perspective: Once Ryzen made it to the competitive levels, I was very excited about the prospect of owning a Zen 3 based gaming PC. So I bought the 5800X. I had 6 USB based devices connected to it. So after I would power up or even right after I'd turn the power on my PC would go click and crash. Even after Windows booted at any random moment my PC would go "click" and shutoff. Since this was a new build, I started part swapping. First power supply. Problem continued. Next: RAM. Problem continued. Next motherboard. Next CPU. In each case I spoke to the respective technical support, explained my problem and each recommended the swapout. But once thing I noticed that was consistent, I had a USB based Sound Blaster sound bar system. And Ryzen never handled that device well. When sound was supposed to be playing there was lag with AMD's chipset USB ports and it would be delayed and crack and pop as audio was "warming up?" So then I contacted Creative Labs, no known issues with Ryzen.Months later AMD announced there was a "known issue" with USB on their 570 based motherboards. Another month later and AMD announced they had "isolated" the problem and a fix would be on it's way through MB bios. I received the fix and the "click" and "cut" stopped but my audio was still crackly and laggy. By this time was so worn out and frustrated with this system I parted out the CPU and MB on Ebay and switched it to a 12700KF. Problem solved. Moral of the story, AMD still isn't as mature as INTEL when it comes to baseline reliability and compatibility. That USB problem never should have made it into production.
eloyard - Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - link
Intel baseline reliability and compatibility a.k.a.- pushing dangerous bugged silicon and hope no one takes notice when microcode patch lands lowering performance by 30% - benchmarking and marketing already done, time to hop on new product, bye bye!
- let's push out cost of our platform into: chipset, socket, power supply and hope no one takes notice - i mean we're talking about processor prices! RIGHT?!!?!?!
- let's drop onto market some dead-end platforms on regular basis so we can milk our customers more!
So reliable. Much compatible.
I'm not even starting with ancient history where Intel had plethora of famous bugs, as we're talking what's now relevant.
Khanan - Tuesday, March 29, 2022 - link
99 of 100 times the problem sits in front of the PC, you’re a premier example of that. And please spare us your “reliability report” it’s most obvious you don’t know much about tech and are a obvious fanboy.mode_13h - Wednesday, March 30, 2022 - link
This strikes me as the kind of post Ryan was talking about, below. If all you're going to do is hurl insults and call someone a fanboy, please post somewhere else.Khanan - Sunday, April 3, 2022 - link
Again, you’re a huge nerd that has to comment on everything here. This in itself is alarming and toxic as well and not a good showing for this site. You don’t have any right to call anyone else toxic or whatever else, as it is obvious you have huge problems to deal with yourself. Maybe try getting a life, Anandtech isn’t everything you can do in a day, you know. Or maybe you don’t.mode_13h - Monday, April 4, 2022 - link
"That said, I’m not gonna waste my time with you again."Wow, you couldn't even make it *one* post.
> You don’t have any right to call anyone else toxic
Attacking someone is different than attacking their behavior. You need to understand this.
> Anandtech isn’t everything you can do in a day
(clearly misses the irony of posting on a site to criticize someone else for posting on same site)
Khanan - Tuesday, April 5, 2022 - link
You don’t have a point as usual. I’m not here 24 / 7 like you are and commenting on literally Everything. Your post count and mine aren’t comparable. I know this behavior of someone having to comment on everything, it’s a deep psychological insecurity. Not intended to be a insult. You should look into it.