The Persian store Sakhtafzarmag published supposed tests of the Core i9-12900KF, i7-12700KF and i5-12600KF, along with the specifications and prices of the first models of the 12th. Generation of Intel Core “Alder Lake-S” processors. From before starting to show the information, we recommend taking it with tweezers, since they did not attach any photograph of the hardware or capture that demonstrates the validity of these tests. Even so, we found it interesting to share it to see what they think in case this information turns out to be true.
Pricing and specs
CPU name | Number of cores “P” | Number of “E” cores | Cores / Total Threads | Base Frequency / Boost “P” Cores | Cache | TDP (PL1) | TDP (PL2) | Price |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 8 | 8 | 16 / 24 | 3.2 / 5.3 GHz | 30 MB | 125W | 228W | U $ S 599 |
Core i9-12900 | 8 | 8 | 16 / 24 | TBA / 5.3 GHz | 20 MB | 65W | ~200W | U $ S 509 |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 8 | 4 | 12 / 20 | 3.6 / 5.0 GHz | 25 MB | 125W | 228W | U $ S 429 |
Core i7-12700 | 8 | 4 | 12 / 20 | TBA / 5.0 GHz | 25 MB | 65W | ~200W | U $ S 359 |
Intel Core i5-12600K | 6 | 4 | 10 / 16 | 3.7 / 4.9 GHz | 20 MB | 125W | 228W | U $ S 279 |
Core i5-12600 | 6 | 0 | 6 / 12 | TBA | 18 MB | 65W | ~200W | U $ S 249 |
Core i5-12400 | 6 | 0 | 6 / 12 | TBA | 18 MB | 65W | ~200W | U $ S 203 |
If what is published by Sakhtafzarmag is true, the Core i9-12900K will feature 8 high-performance cores (“P” Cores) plus 8 high-efficiency cores (“E” Cores) for a total of 16 cores and 24 threads. Its “P” cores will work with a base frequency of 3.2GHz and reach a single-core boost of 5.3GHz, all this with TDP PL1 of 125W and PL2 of 228W, at a price of U $ S 599.
The table also includes specifications of the Core i7 and Core i5 lines, giving force to the rumors that in the Core i5 line only the i5-12600K will have 6 “P” cores plus 4 “E” cores, since the Core i5 -12600 and i5-12400 will only have the 6 “P” cores, without having any “E” core enabled.
Performance
According to the supposed tests of Sakhtafzarmag, the i9-11900KF would reach almost 2000 points in the single-core test of Cinebench R23, becoming the absolute leader of this benchmark. In addition, the i7-12700KF and i5-12600KF would also achieve excellent results in this test, completely crushing AMD’s Ryzen 5000 line.
Regarding the Cinebench R23 multi-core tests, the i9-12900K would reach the performance of the Ryzen 9 5950X, the i7-12700K would outperform the Ryzen 9 5900X, and the i5-12600KF would outperform the Ryzen 7 5800X, all lower prices. than these AMD models, so if these results are true, the price-performance of this generation would be impressive.
The tests also include X264 and X265 encoding tests, where again the blue chips perform enormously in the conventional tests, although the red CPUs have the advantage in the HWBOT x265 tests which include other scenes.
Finally, results were shown in Blender, where the i9-12900KF far outperforms the Ryzen 9 5900X, and both the i7-12700KF and i5-12600KF outperform the Ryzen 7 5800X, showing that the new generation of Intel is coming to mark the court again. .
It will be interesting to see if these results turn out to be true or not. For this, we will have to wait until November when the first reviews of these new processors are published.