You can also check out some fancy wafer and die shots courtesy of HardwareLuxx editor Andreas Schilling on Twitter.

Of course, the greater core counts, and creative multicore loving apps will have been instrumental in these uplifts.įor your interest, I've embedded a comparison Intel i9-12900K die shot below, as shared by Der8auer.

In these processor intensive use cases, the 12th gen CPUs were at least a third faster than their 11th gen ancestors.

Intel claimed better advances in content creation vs its own previous gen flagship CPUs. Remember that these issues could slow gaming on AMD platforms by as much as 15 per cent. Sadly, it appears to be the case that Intel's Windows 11 systems haven't been updated with the AMD/Microsoft patches to get AMD's 元 caching and 'preferred core technology' working as it should. You can see the chart it shared directly above, which suggests that the Intel i9-12900K is about 12 per cent faster than the AMD Ryzen 9 5950X in modern PC gaming. It features 16 cores and 24 threads and runs at up to 5.2GHz – but in your high-end cooler packing rig it will be scoffing over 240W when under heavy loads.Īt the event yesterday evening, Intel showed some of its own test results, demonstrated 'leadership gaming'. You can disregard the smaller wattage figure, as all the enthusiast motherboards will be running the new CPUs at the higher power limit shown to make the most of their potential.Ĭonsidering the top-end Intel Core i9-12900K to get a handle on the potential of these 12th gen Core processor offerings, Intel says that this chip is the 'world’s best gaming processor'. Important new stuff in this table includes the Processor Base Power and Maximum Turbo Power. You can see the mix of P- and E-cores, base, and turbo frequencies, as well as caches and so on. We have all that now, but Intel won't let third-party reviews be published until CPUs and PCs are available to the public, starting from 4th November.Ībove you can see all the new SKUs. Highlights of the first 'Intel 7' process product launch were basically the things we were left wanting after the Intel Architecture Day back in August – specific launch SKU information, a smattering of benchmarks, and some input from Intel partners regarding the first 600-series motherboards, and DDR5 RAM kits.

From the suffixes, seasoned Bit-Tech-ies will know these are all multiplier unlocked CPUs for enthusiasts, with the 'KF' chips sold with iGPUs that have been rendered incommunicado. Briefly, they are the Intel Core i9-12900K/KF, the Intel Core i7-12700K/KF, and the Intel Core i5-12600K/KF. The SKUs forming the initial roaster of 12th gen Intel Core processors can be found detailed below in a table. Intel launched its first six Alder Lake-S processors on Wednesday evening.

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