The Intel i9-12900K CPU and Linux Benchmarks

📅 October 24, 2022
“Show me some benchmarks using Linux!”

With the attention centered around the latest 13th generation Intel CPU at the time of this writing, it might be tempting to forget about the recent 12th generation CPU. The i9-12900K 12th generation processor still offers a wealth of performance at a lower price compared to the 13th gen CPU…and the fact that a 12th gen CPU is more available to purchase. Plus, it runs great with Linux.

Web sites abound with CPU benchmarks for Windows, but what about Linux? Are there any benchmarking programs that we can run to measure CPU performance in Linux?

Yes! Here are a few benchmark results from HardInfo, Sysbench, and 7-zip running Ubuntu Cinnamon 22.04 to test a 12th generation i9-12900K CPU in case you would like to run and compare your own benchmarks on your current system to find out if a CPU upgrade would offer much benefit.