Intel, AMD, and Other CPU Rumors
The Intel Core i5-12400 is an upcoming Alder Lake-S desktop processor feature with 6-core and 12-thread. According to latest leaks, this CPU is tested in CPU-Z, AIDA64 and Cinebench R20. According to result, Intel Core i5-12400 can beat AMD’s Ryzen 5 5600X.
The 12 Gen Alder Lake-S desktop processors now already leaked at Amazon.nl. Amazon.nl has listed Core i9-12900K, Core i7-12700K, Core i5-12600K on their page.
VideoCardZ has leaked first images of upcoming 12th Gen Alder Lake-S desktop processors packaging. The Core i9-12900K packaging features a small wafer, possibly as a display element. It seems that none of the Core i9/i7/i5 K and KF-series CPUs launching in November will be bundled with a reference cooler.
First leaks of upcoming Intel Core i9-12900 non-K desktop CPU now available at Userbenchmark. A Taiwanese user used an ASUS ROG Maximus Z690 Extreme motherboard, the flagship DDR5-memory based platform to test the Core i9-12900.
According to a Bilibili User, first image of Intel LGA 1700 socket has been leaked online. Intel’s LGA 1700 socket is designed for Alder Lake and Raptor Lake CPUs.
According to a member from Chiphell, first leaked image of upcoming Intel Z690 chipset now available online.
The Z690 chipset will support 36 PCIe lanes, including 20 PCIe Gen4 and 16 PCIe Gen8. This is on top of the 16 PCIe Gen5 and 4 PCIe Gen4 lanes already supported by the Alder Lake CPU.
The EU price for upcoming 12th Gen mainstream desktop Alder Lake-S processors now leaked online. The flagship CPU Intel Core i9-12900K costs about 741€ w/ VAT.
The upcoming AMD Zen 3 Ryzen Threadripper PRO workstation CPUs now already leaked at distributed computing project website. These two new CPUs are AMD Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5995WX and Ryzen Threadripper PRO 5945WX. As rumored before, Ryzen Threadripper PRO series will coming after Ryzen Threadripper series. Expected release date in early 2022.
Finally, A new Geekbench 5 benchmark result featuring Intel upcoming Alder Lake-S Core i9-12900K processor has been spotted on the Geekbench website. The Core i9-12900K scored 1893 points in single-core Geekbench 5 benchmark and 17299 points in multi-core. Core i9-12900K features 16 cores and 24 threads.
The upcoming Intel Alder Lake-S desktop processors are expected to be released at the end of third quarter of 2021. Recently, Igor Wallossek has published a datasheet for the upcoming 12th Gen Core Intel processor – Intel Core-1800, could be the upcoming flagship i9-12900K.