Intel 'Alder Lake' Processor Specs Leak
intel is planning to launch its 12th-generation (Alder Lake) Core processors in the second half of this year, but it looks as though the specs for three of those chips has leaked ahead of any official announcement.
Alder Lake processors will take advantage of a hybrid architecture consisting of high-performance (Golden Cove) cores and high-efficiency (Gracemont) cores. As VideoCardz reports, the leaked specs confirm the hybrid nature of these new processors. These specifications appeared after Intel sent out qualifications samples to the company's partners, which means they are unlikely to change before being mass produced.
The three chips are unlocked K-series processors, consisting of a Core i9-12900K, Core i7-12700K, and Core i5-12600K. The spec for each breaks down as follows, with P-Core and E-Core referring to the performance and efficiency cores respectively:
Core i9-12900K
P-Core 1-2C 5.3GHz/8C 5.0GHz
E-Core 1-4C 3.9GHz/8C 3.7GHz
30MB L3 Cache
PL1=125W/PL2=228W
Core i7-12700K
P-Core 1-2C 5.0GHz/8C 4.7GHz
E-Core 1-2C 3.8GHz/4C 3.6GHz
25MB L3 Cache
PL1=125W/PL2=228W
Core i5-12600K
P-Core 1-2C 4.9GHz/6C 4.5GHz
E-Core 1-2C 3.6GHz/4C 3.4GHz
20MB L3 Cache
PL1=125W/PL2=228W
The Core i9 is the only chip to offer 16 cores, whereas the Core i7 is limited to 12 cores and the Core i5 to 10 cores. Even so, that's an improvement on the maximum of eight cores available for existing Rocket Lake processors, and the clock rates have improved slightly when comparing the Golden Cove performance cores to Rocket Lake chips.
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