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Those (blender) benchmarks are interesting: - The Intel processors with DDR4 are doing better than with DDR5. This is unlike some of the other benchmarks we ha

Those (blender) benchmarks are interesting: - The Intel processors with DDR4 are doing better than with DDR5. This is unlike some of the other benchmarks we have seen. What's happening here? - In Blender, the 12900k impressively got really close in performance to the 5950x ($200 more expensive) and beat the 5900x (similar price). That's... somewhat unexpected. - I wonder whether their cooling could keep up all the way through. They mention a custom water cooling loop. What is the performance with a 'typical' cooling setup? How much performance is lost if these CPUs have to throttle to something you can expect a typical boxed cooler to handle? - Will you actually be able to buy these high-end CPUs? Or are they pure marketing that won't be profitable for Intel and will only be available in small quantities?

rasz 5y ago
tomshardware is all about performing benchmarks exactly to their corporate masters specification in product briefings. Here https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hot-spot,365-4.html https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hot-spot,365-4.html they "tested" throttling in a somewhat famous burning Athlon video (later revealed they used board with disabled/non functioning thermal cutout) during Intel Pentium 4 payola timeframe. Some quotes: "AMD did not bless the Thunderbird core with ANY thermal protection whatsoever." In reality AMD socket certification required thermal cutout, same as Intel for Pentium 3. AMD processors do include thermal diode just like Intel ones. "Intel's older processor is also equipped with a thermal diode and a thermal monitoring unit" is a lie. Pentium 3 thermal throttling is performed by the Bios just like in Athlon case. Serendipitously tomshardware picked broken Siemens motherboard for AMD system as recommended by Intel, imagine that. Tomshardware eventually published a non-retraction retraction after AMD pointed out Siemens lie/defect (not adhering to socket certification requirements) and showed proper AMD setup safely shutting down. Of course you cant read that one because its buried down, excluded from wayback machine and deadlinked http://www.tomshardware.com/column/01q4/011029/index.html http://www.tomshardware.com/column/01q4/011029/index.html

rasz 5y ago

tomshardware is all about performing benchmarks exactly to their corporate masters specification in product briefings. Here https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hot-spot,365-4.html https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/hot-spot,365-4.html they "tested" throttling in a somewhat famous burning Athlon video (later revealed they used board with disabled/non functioning thermal cutout) during Intel Pentium 4 payola timeframe. Some quotes: "AMD did not bless the Thunderbird core with ANY thermal protection whatsoever." In reality AMD socket certification required thermal cutout, same as Intel for Pentium 3. AMD processors do include thermal diode just like Intel ones. "Intel's older processor is also equipped with a thermal diode and a thermal monitoring unit" is a lie. Pentium 3 thermal throttling is performed by the Bios just like in Athlon case. Serendipitously tomshardware picked broken Siemens motherboard for AMD system as recommended by Intel, imagine that. Tomshardware eventually published a non-retraction retraction after AMD pointed out Siemens lie/defect (not adhering to socket certification requirements) and showed proper AMD setup safely shutting down. Of course you cant read that one because its buried down, excluded from wayback machine and deadlinked http://www.tomshardware.com/column/01q4/011029/index.html http://www.tomshardware.com/column/01q4/011029/index.html