The first official image of the Alder Lake processor has been released
Company Intel Finally decided to show the first image of the Alder Lake processor. Previously, a lot of information was released about the new generation of processor based on Intel 10-nanometer lithography. As the VideoCardz website points out, the final design of the Intel processor has not changed much compared to the first images of engineering prototypes it has released in the past.
While Intel is expected to officially unveil the Alder Lake processors by the end of October, the first two benchmarks of the Core i7 12700K processor have been released, showcasing its specs and performance. Accordingly, the processor has 12 cores (including 8 large high-performance cores and 4 small cores for light work).
Alder Lake processor performance against Ryzen series
The frequency and thermal power of this processor are expected to be 5.0 GHz and 125 watts, respectively. It should be noted that this information is consistent with the specifications previously published in the processor engineering sample. In the single-core test section, the Core i7-12700K processor managed to achieve a score of 800.2 in the CPU-Z benchmark. This result shows that the Alder Lake processor has 17.3% and 24% better performance compared to the Core i9 11900K and Core i7 11700K (previous generation) processors, respectively. Also, the i7 12700K outperformed the Ryzen 7 5800X by 25% in this test.
Official image of the Alder Lake processor
Published image of Alder Lake processor engineering sample
While the processor performed well in all single-core benchmarks, the results show that the Core i7 12700K can’t beat the Ryzen 9 5900X in the multi-threaded benchmark. However, the difference is very small and this difference is only 2%. Both processors are 12-core, but the Ryzen 9 5900X uses four more strings.
Will the Alder Lake series become Intel’s trump card?
At present, comparing the performance of these two models in the benchmark is not recommended. However, in the PugetBench test with DDR4 RAM, the Core i7 12700K also performed up to 10% better than the Ryzen 9 5950X.
Although the results may seem impressive, it is unfortunately not possible to discuss whether the Core i7 12700K processor was overclocked in this test. If these results are recorded without overclocking, the performance of the Alder Lake series should be very good compared to Rocket Lake. Finally, it should be noted that the next generation of Blue Team processors will be launched on November 4 (November 4).
Technical specifications of three series processors Alder Lake
| Processor model | Number of cores (large and small) | Total cores / strings | Incremental frequency (single core) | Incremental frequency (all nuclei) | Memory cache | thermal power |
| Core i9 12900K | 8 large cores and 8 small cores | ۱۶/۲۴ | 5.3 GHz (large core) 3.9 GHz (small core) | 5.0 GHz (large core) 3.7 GHz (small core) | 30 MB | 125 watts (PL1) and 228 watts (PL2) |
| Core i7 12700K | 8 large cores and 4 small cores | 16/20 | 5.0 GHz (large core) 3.8 GHz (small core) | 4.7 GHz (large core) 3.6 GHz (small core) | 25 MB | 125 watts (PL1) and 228 watts (Pl2) |
| Core i5 12600K | 6 large cores and 4 small cores | ۱۲/۱۶ | 4.9 GHz (large core) 3.6 GHz (small core) | 4.5 GHz (large core) 3.4 GHz (small core) | 20 MB | 125 watts (PL1) and 228 watts (Pl2) |