Power-guzzling Intel Core i9-12900K and i5-12600K smash through Apple M1 barrier in PassMark’s desktop CPU single-thread benchmark

The Intel Core i9-12900K and Intel Core i5-12600K have become the new leaders of the PassMark CPU Mark desktop single-thread performance chart. The Alder Lake processors managed to overcome the wall of Apple M1 chips that previously headed the table, and both the power-hungry i9-12900K and i5-12600K reached scores of over 4,000 points.