Intel’s new flagship processor beats the AMD competition, and you don’t even need Windows 11 for it. The Intel Core i9-12900K is a big improvement over its predecessor.
With "Rocket Lake" a relative fizzle, Intel welcomes six new 12th Generation chips and an all-new chipset to its desktop processor portfolio plus a big architectural shift in the form of "Efficiency Cores."
With feature updates galore, paradigm-changing DDR5 memory, and much more, the technology backing Intel's 12th Generation Core CPUs is just as interesting as the chips themselves. We've got a breakdown.