Worth the upgrade?

[TheNaitsyrk]

Is it worth it upgrading from 10980XE on X299 Dark to Z690 12900K?

[fuzz0r]

Don't honestly know if you'd feel anything in gaming (assuming that's what your aim is?) Otherwise I can't see a reason to exchange that CPU.

It depends on your usecase and resolution etc.

[Hairless Monkey Boy]

"Worth it" is relative. But for the vast majority of people that particular upgrade would not be "worth it". Though, perhaps you are an exception? Or perhaps you are just looking for someone to validate a wildly impractical purchase. So, if you have the money and you want it, then buy it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[YoungBlade]

Assuming you're using the computer for multicore workloads, the improvement is there, but not massive.

 

You'd see a 0-20% improvement in multicore rendering workloads, like Corona and Cinema 4D. However, if you have overclocked your 10980XE to 4.8GHz, then you've nullified the performance advantage and your current CPU is actually faster for most multicore workloads. In that case, the 12900K could be a downgrade, as its overclocking potential is more limited.

 

However, code compilation is much faster with the 12900K if you shell out for DDR5, as that workload benefits greatly from memory bandwidth. So if that's what you use the computer for, or for another memory sensitive application, and you earn money from that work, then the upgrade might be worth it.

 

Now, the single core performance bump is pretty massive - up to 60% faster - but considering you went with a 10980XE, you clearly didn't want single core performance, as both the 10900K and 3950X were always much better in that regard and much cheaper. Likewise, the gaming performance of those parts were much stronger, so you clearly weren't interested in having a high end CPU for gaming. So while the 12900K is a huge upgrade for those tasks, you already had upgrades available for the entire lifetime of the 10980XE.

[TheNaitsyrk]

I'll keep it, thanks guys. It doesn't have any significant difference gaming or doing anything else.