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

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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!

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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.

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