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Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake Chips Are Here With “World’s Best Gaming Processor”

Intel has finally unveiled its latest line of 12th generation Alder Lake chips, starting with six unlocked desktop processors. Among them is the flagship Core i9-12900K chip, which is touted to be the “world’s best gaming processor.”

The Alder Lake chips are the first to feature Intel’s new hybrid architecture, which combines high performance “P-cores” with more efficient “E-cores.” In the case of the Core i9-12900K, it comes with 16 cores (eight P-cores and another eight E-cores) with 24 threads. It also has peak clock speeds of up to 5.2GHz.

ChipsCores (P+E,T)P-Core BaseP-Core TurboE-Core BaseE-Core TurboIntegrated Graphics
i9-12900K8+8/243.2GHz5.1GHz2.4GHz3.9GHzIntel UHD Graphics 770
i9-12900KF8+8/243.2GHz5.1GHz2.4GHz3.9GHzNone
i7-12700K8+4/203.6GHz4.9GHz2.7GHz3.8GHzIntel UHD Graphics 770
i7-12700KF8+4/203.6GHz4.9GHz2.7GHz3.8GHzNone
i5-12600K6+4/163.7GHz4.9GHz2.8GHz3.6GHzIntel UHD Graphics 770
i5-12600KF6+4/163.7GHz4.9GHz2.8GHz3.6GHzNone

If you’re thinking of getting these new 12th gen Intel chips, do note that you will need a new motherboard; more specifically, those with Intel’s just-announced Z690 chipset. It adds on a number of modern features such as WiFi 6E support and faster USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 data transfer.

These six new 12th generation Intel Alder Lake chips for desktop will be available for purchase from 4 November onwards. Consumers can also expect the mobile version of Alder Lake processors in early 2022 next year.

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