Intel At Its Best: Revisiting the i9-12900K, i7-12700K, i5-12600K, 12400, & i3-12100F in 2024

Episode Title: "Intel At Its Best: Revisiting the i9-12900K, i7-12700K, i5-12600K, 12400, & i3-12100F in 2024"
Content: Sponsor: Antec C8 with fans on Newegg https://howl.me/cmXtq5tnNJ7 - and without fans on Newegg https://howl.me/cmXtsXoSlzL We're revisiting Intel's Alder Lake ("12th Gen") CPUs in 2024! This new testing compares the i9-12900K, i7-12700K, i5-12600K, i5-12400, and i3-12100F against the best CPUs for 2024, including the AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D, 7800X3D, and more. Benchmarks also include the 12900K vs. 14900K (for possible in-socket upgrades), the 12700K vs. 13700K and 14700K, and plenty of other tests. The Alder Lake series managed to dodge Intel's 13th & 14th Gen instability issues, where processor stability posed problematic prior to microcode updates (and those affected would remain affected). While we wouldn't necessarily recommend an Intel 12 series CPU these days, they have gotten cheap enough that there are times they make sense. But generally, this video is made for people on those CPUs who may want to figure out the best upgrade path. And remember, it's always OK to stay on the current build! Watch our Best CPUs of 2024 Video! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zue30tcu0mY Grab our brand new dice sets! We are donating 10% of ALL dice sales to Cat Angels, a local cat shelter near us, through November 21, 2024. Grab the SNOWFLAKE DICE: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/snowflake-full-tabletop-mtg-dnd-premium-dice-set-7-piece-dice-wooden-box-cat-card Or the e-waste INDUCTOR DICE: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/inductor-full-tabletop-mtg-dnd-premium-dice-set-7-piece-dice-wooden-box-token-card Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus RELATED PRODUCTS [Affiliate Links] AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU on Amazon: https://geni.us/bsS1kFv AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU on Newegg: https://howl.link/if5lk09fasycj Intel i9-14900K on Amazon: https://geni.us/f7uut Intel i9-14900K on Newegg: https://howl.link/q5y04wg3v5dg2 AMD R7 5700X3D CPU on Amazon: https://geni.us/UkH5I AMD R7 5700X3D CPU on Newegg: https://howl.link/hadlq7wsx1z4u Intel i7-12700KF on Amazon: https://geni.us/4xkA6YK Intel i7-12700KF on Newegg: https://howl.link/lderej5300pa1 TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Revisiting Intel Alder Lake in 2024 01:27 - What We Thought in 2021 02:58 - The History of Alder Lake 12th Gen 05:10 - Summary of Gaming Performance Equivalents 06:36 - Summary of Production Performance Equivalents 07:41 - Stellaris Benchmarks 09:17 - Dragon's Dogma 2 Benchmarks 10:33 - FFXIV Dawntrail 11:33 - Starfield Benchmarks 12:45 - Baldur's Gate 3 14:16 - F1 24 15:36 - Blender 3D Rendering Benchmark 17:21 - Chromium Code Compile 18:04 - 7-Zip File Compression Test 18:52 - 7-Zip File Decompression Benchmark 19:38 - Adobe Premiere Benchmark 20:29 - Adobe Photoshop Benchmark 20:52 - Conclusion CORRECTIONS: 07:41 The 12400 is listed as "i5-12400 (6P/6E/12T) [10/24]." It should be listed as "i5-12400 (6P/0E/12T) [10/24]." This is a specification listing error (name entry error) that has no impact on performance or results. Our apologies for the error. ** Please like, comment, and subscribe for more! ** Links to Amazon and Newegg are typically monetized on our channel (affiliate links) and may return a commission of sales to us from the retailer. This is unrelated to the product manufacturer. Any advertisements or sponsorships are disclosed within the video ("this video is brought to you by") and above the fold in the description. We do not ever produce paid content or "sponsored content" (meaning that the content is our idea and is not funded externally aside from whatever ad placement is in the beginning) and we do not ever charge manufacturers for coverage. Follow us in these locations for more gaming and hardware updates: t: http://www.twitter.com/gamersnexus f: http://www.facebook.com/gamersnexus w: http://www.gamersnexus.net/ Our policies, processes, and ethics statements relating to review samples, advertising, travel, errors, and more are transparently and publicly available on this page: https://gamers.nexus/ethics-statements Steve Burke: Host, Writing, Editing Patrick Lathan: Testing Mike Gaglione: Testing Tim Phetdara: Editing


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