Intel just launched the pre-binned Core i9-12900KS, and although it's the fastest processor you can buy technically, it still has some problems.
Intel’s latest and greatest, the Core i9-12900KS, is lauded as the best gaming processor on the market — a claim Intel made just six short months ago for its Core i9-12900K. Clocking in somewhere between $750 and $800, it should deliver the highest performance out of any consumer CPU you can buy.
The performance problem The main problem with the Core i9-12900KS is how little it offers over the vanilla Core i9-12900K. These S-series, or special edition, processors from Intel don’t usually offer a big performance improvement. They are binned chips, utilizing the cream of the crop of dies Intel has to extract every last drop of performance.
There isn’t a clear reason why the Core i9-12900K couldn’t support these features, as they offer auto-overclocking functionality based on data from the processor. The Core i9-12900KS may offer a slight performance improvement, but its benefits are at least partly coming on the back of these technologies; technologies that the base model should have included.
I’m all for halo products that offer the best of the best for performance, but the delta between the Core i9-12900K and Core i9-12900KS just isn’t practical. Part of the reason the Core i9-12900K shocked me originally was its competitive price compared to AMD. Now that Intel has the lead, it almost seems like the company is back to its old ways — charging a large premium simply because it can.
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