Intel 12th gen Core i9/i7/i5 performance and price leaked

This may be the most anticipated exposure. The detailed performance data of many models of Intel Alder Lake 12-generation Core Duo have been revealed, as well as the prices in the US. The 12th generation Core is expected to be released at the end of October, but it is said that only six models of the K and KF series will be launched this year, namely i9-12900K/KF, i7-12700K/KF, i5-12600K/KF, with the new Z690 motherboard.

i9-12900K/KF 8 large 8 small 16 core 24 threads, 30MB three-level cache, large core base frequency 3.2GHz, full turbo frequency 5.0GHz, single/dual-core turbo frequency 5.3GHz, small core full core turbo frequency 3.7GHz, Single/dual-core turbo frequency 3.9GHz, price 599/509 US dollars.

i7-12700K/KF 8 big 4 small 12 core 20 threads, 25MB three-level cache, large core base frequency 3.6GHz, all core turbo frequency 4.7GHz, single/dual-core turbo frequency 5.0GHz, small core all-core turbo frequency 3.6GHz, Single/dual-core turbo frequency 3.8GHz, price 429/359 US dollars.

i5-12600K/KF 6 large 4 small 10 core 16 threads, 20MB three-level cache, large core base frequency 3.7GHz, all-core turbo frequency 4.5GHz, single/dual-core turbo frequency 4.9GHz, small core all-core turbo frequency 3.4GHz, Single/dual-core turbo frequency 3.6GHz, price 279/249 US dollars.

Their thermal design power consumption TDP or PL1 is 125W, and PL2 is 228W. The latter is the peak power consumption under stable acceleration. Other models have gradually surfaced, such as i9-12900 and i7-12700, their TDP/PL1 are all reduced to 65W, PL2 is reduced to about 200W, the number of cores, three-level cache, acceleration frequency and corresponding K/KF models Exactly the same, the base frequency is unknown but it is bound to be significantly reduced, respectively, 509 US dollars and 359 US dollars.

The i5-12600 and i5-12400 are special, reduced to only 6 large cores, the frequency is unknown, the three-level cache is unchanged, TDP 65W, PL2 200W, respectively, 249 US dollars, 203 US dollars. Let’s take a look at the complete internal layout of Alder Lake. The core and cache are clear at a glance. Eight Golden Cove architecture cores, each core 32KB first-level instruction cache, 48KB first-level data cache, 1.25MB second-level cache, and 3MB third-level cache.

Eight Gracemont architecture small cores, each core has 64KB first-level instruction cache, 32KB first-level data cache, and every four cores share 2MB second-level cache and 3MB third-level cache. In total, the first-level cache is 1.375MB, the second-level cache is 14MB, and the third-level cache is 30MB.

The performance test first looks at the GeekBench 5, the 12-generation Core’s single-core performance is exceptionally outstanding. The i9-12900KF has reached 2000 points, and the i5-12600KF has 1900 points, which is far ahead of any other product. Neither Ryzen 9 5950X nor i9-11900K. To 1600 points.

Multi-core performance, i9-12900KF is almost the same as Ryzen 9 5950X, 8 large and 8 small are comparable to traditional 16 cores, which is a bit surprising, i7-12700KF is ahead of Ryzen 9 5900X, 8 large and 4 small surpass the traditional 12 cores, i5-12600KF Victory over Ryzen 7 5800X.

Of course, GeekBench is not particularly suitable for examining x86 performance, but it can also be seen from the high efficiency of the 12th generation Core. In terms of video coding, compared with the three groups of rivals, Intel x264 HD is clearly ahead, x265 HD is basically the same, and HWBOT x265 is a lot behind.

Blender rendering test shows that i9-12900KF and Ryzen 9 5950X basically meet their opponents, and i7-12700KF and Ryzen 9 5900X are also very close. Only scene 2 is slightly behind. i5-12600KF and Ryzen 7 5800X are similar. Only scene 2 has some advantages.

PCMark 10 is another scene. The 12th generation of Core has basically failed, especially for digital content creation, with ridiculously low results. It should be emphasized that the informant did not disclose the test environment, especially if the operating system is Windows 10 or Windows 11. In addition, the software’s optimization of the 12th generation Core needs to be further deepened. The above results are for reference only.

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