The processor features Socket LGA-1700 socket for installation on the PCB . 30 MB of L3 cache memory provides excellent hit rate in short access time enabling improved system performance . Intel 7 Architecture 10 nm enables improved performance per watt and micro architecture makes it power-efficient

We'll start with Cinebench, and right off the bat we can tell you these results are very impressive. The 12900K manages to make the Ryzen 9 5950X look slow, boosting multi-core performance by 13%. We're also looking at a 76% performance improvement from the 11900K (!) and that thing was released ... Starting with the top-of-the-line Core i9-12900K CPU, we can finally show you how Intel's new 12th generation Alder Lake processor architecture performs and how it's positioned against the Ryzen 9 5900X and 5950X.