Monday, November 1st 2021
Intel Core i9-12900K 36% Faster Than Stock in Maximum Turbo Power Mode
The recently announced Intel Core i9-12900K is set to launch on November 4th alongside the i7-12700K, and i5-12600K which is the date when we will see reviews for the processors released. We have already seen numerous leaks regarding the processors performance leading up to the announcement and we have now received some new leaked performance figures for the processors when operating in Maximum Turbo Power (MTP). The MTP is defined by Intel as the maximum sustained power dissipation of a processor compared to TDP which is the base power draw. The performance difference between these two power modes has been revealed from Cinebench R20 multi-threaded results posted by Wofstame the Gaming Desktop Product Planning Manager for Lenovo China.
The Intel Core i9-12900K scores 7492 points when running at its TDP of 125 W and 10180 points or 36% faster when operating at the MTP of 241 W. This performance difference is less notable for the other processors with the Core i7-12700K seeing a 30% improvement between its 125 W and 190 W power modes while the Core i5-12600K sees a 10% improvement from the 125 W TDP to 150 W MTP. Intel appears to be extracting the maximum performance from their Core i9-12900K with diminishing returns from the increased power budget compared to the other processors.
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The Intel Core i9-12900K scores 7492 points when running at its TDP of 125 W and 10180 points or 36% faster when operating at the MTP of 241 W. This performance difference is less notable for the other processors with the Core i7-12700K seeing a 30% improvement between its 125 W and 190 W power modes while the Core i5-12600K sees a 10% improvement from the 125 W TDP to 150 W MTP. Intel appears to be extracting the maximum performance from their Core i9-12900K with diminishing returns from the increased power budget compared to the other processors.
120 Comments on Intel Core i9-12900K 36% Faster Than Stock in Maximum Turbo Power Mode
Which means that the 12900K will turbo for a couple of seconds and then go back to the sustained power draw(PL1). You shouldn't worry about that unless you plan to set PL1 to 241W.
You can see the behavior in this picture.
What you say should be true for the 12900 non-K though.
Motherboard makers actually have the option to go even further than 241W for the K-SKUs.
Intel 7 / 10nm ESF is theoretically even denser than TSMC N7, so it remains to be seen.
There are reasons why Intel explicitly states that an effort has been made to aid heat transfer. They wouldn't do all this extra work if it is not necessary.
My 9900k is overclocked to 5GHz all the time the PC is on. with power saving C-states disabled.
Social media will do the rest for you, with a slew of under 100 IQ-Youtubers alongside them.
R9 5950x's whole system under load consumes less power than only 12900K CPU!
I thought this was supposed to be a Ryzen moment!
CPU is less than 20w
Wanna see that 12600K go
"Intel Core i9-12900K 36% Slower at Stock without Maximum Turbo Power Mode"
since all benchmark until now are with maximum turbo power ON at 241w, to nearly match 5950X stock 105w TDP.
Do you even play games?
Boring
Since there is no physical work done within a CPU, all energy input is converting to heat.
So power = heat inside a CPU.