This review of the Intel Core i9-12900K CPU (Alder Lake) includes benchmarks versus AMD’s R9 5950X, 5900X, and more. Intel is gunning for position as the best CPU. Sponsor: Thermaltake TOUGHRAM XG RGB on Amazon: https://geni.us/mClGL8X Watch our Intel i5-12600K review here! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OkHMh8sUSuM Watch Windows 10 vs. Windows 11 performance on the Intel Alder Lake CPUs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBFTSej-yIs Our review of the 12900K CPU versus the 5800X, 5900X, 5950X, 10900K, and more evaluates the gaming performance, power consumption, and production performance. We’re looking to find the best CPU for gaming and for office tasks (like video editing, 3D modeling, and programming) as we run through our updated CPU benchmark suite for 2021. Grab a GN Tear-Down Toolkit on back-order now to guarantee you get one in the next run! We have arrival dates on the store now. These have been in production a long time and have been in constant demand, so to make sure you get one, pick up a back-order here: https://store.gamersnexus.net/products/gamersnexus-tear-down-toolkit If you want to see the full Alder Lake specs, we covered that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ypRgILsDLo And if you missed the Alder Lake architecture deep dive, you can find that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=htCvo9XJZDc RELATED PRODUCTS Intel i9-12900K on Amazon: https://geni.us/blkqC Intel i5-12600K on Amazon: https://geni.us/fiTYY AMD R9 5950X on Amazon: https://geni.us/o2Tk AMD R9 5900X on Amazon: https://geni.us/LAvie Like our content? Please consider becoming our Patron to support us: http://www.patreon.com/gamersnexus​ TIMESTAMPS 00:00 - Intel i9-12900k Review 04:31 - Windows 10 vs. Windows 11 for Testing 06:47 - Frequency Validation (All Core & Single Core) 08:29 - Thermals & Managing the 12900K Temperature 09:58 - Blender Cycles Rendering (Best CPUs for 3D) 11:20 - Chromium Code Compile CPU Benchmarks 11:54 - Adobe Premiere Video Editing Benchmark 12:33 - Adobe Photoshop CPU Comparison 13:21 - 7-Zip Compression & Decompression 14:21 - Far Cry 6 Gaming Benchmarks (12900K vs. 5900X, etc.) 15:32 - Red Dead Redemption 2 CPU Gaming Benchmarks 16:41 - Total War: Three Kingdoms Did Not Run 17:46 - Hitman 3 CPU Benchmarks 18:57 - Rainbow Six Siege (1080p & 1440p) CPU Tests 19:41 - Cyberpunk 2077 Benchmark 20:32 - F1 2021 Benchmarks 21:44 - Counter-Strike: Global Offensive (1080p & 1440p) 24:12 - Power Consumption of Intel 12900K vs. AMD 25:09 - Setup Notes 27:49 - Conclusion ** 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/ Host, Writing, Test Lead: Steve Burke Testing, Writing: Patrick Lathan Video: Keegan Gallick