Monday, March 22nd 2021
Intel 12th Generation Alder Lake Platform Reportedly Brings 20% Single-Threaded Performance Uplift
Intel only just announced their 11th generation Rocket Lake-S desktop processors last week but we are already receiving information about the next generation Alder Lake-S platform which will finally make the jump to 10 nm. Intel slides for the upcoming family of processors have been leaked and they reveal some interesting information including a claimed 20% single-threaded performance increases from the new Golden Cove core design and 10 nm SuperFin node. The processors will feature Intel Hybrid Technology with a mix of small low-performance cores and large high-performance cores with a maximum of eight each for sixteen total cores. The processors will also include the latest connectivity with both PCIe 4.0 and PCIe 5.0 support along with DDR4 and DDR5 4800 MHz compatibility.
Intel will also be launching a new socket type called LGA1700 with a new package size which will render existing cooling solutions for LGA115X and LGA1200 sockets incompatible. The processors will also come with the launch of a new 600 Series chipset with PCIe 3.0 and PCIe 4.0 support along with the usual complement of USB, SATA, and networking. The entry-level 600-series motherboards will only support DDR4 memory at up to 3200 MHz while high-end Z690 motherboards will include DDR5 support. Intel has confirmed that they intend to launch Alder Lake later this year but it is yet to be known if they are referring to the desktop or mobile series.
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Intel will also be launching a new socket type called LGA1700 with a new package size which will render existing cooling solutions for LGA115X and LGA1200 sockets incompatible. The processors will also come with the launch of a new 600 Series chipset with PCIe 3.0 and PCIe 4.0 support along with the usual complement of USB, SATA, and networking. The entry-level 600-series motherboards will only support DDR4 memory at up to 3200 MHz while high-end Z690 motherboards will include DDR5 support. Intel has confirmed that they intend to launch Alder Lake later this year but it is yet to be known if they are referring to the desktop or mobile series.
108 Comments on Intel 12th Generation Alder Lake Platform Reportedly Brings 20% Single-Threaded Performance Uplift
the hell? oh god they're gunna seperate the market even worse than it is now, with the way memory is locked down on non Z boards
AMD had two disadvantages back then. Lack of HyperThreading and manufacturing. AMD was at 32nm with Intel moving to 22nm, if I am not mistaken. So, what did they do. They created something that was like 1.51 cores and market it as 2 full cores.
Intel is in a manufacturing disadvantage today. It's at 10nm with AMD at 7nm and soon probably at 5nm. So, what can they do, considering that they can't put 12 or 16 big cores in their mainstream chips? They put 8 big cores and 8 tiny cores. Considering that ARM manufacturers advertise their 4+4 designs as octa cores and no one sued them by now, Intel can easily market their 8+8 cores designs as 16 cores.No one have the time to learn about everything. And there is no point in doing so. We buy dozens of products every month and usually we do not do any meaningful research to see if those products are the best options out there. From refrigerators, to appliances, to clothes, to furniture, to tools, to food, to about everything. We just grab something and rush to pay and return home. We don't read a dozen reviews, neither we search even more, to see if those reviews are not biased.
If AMD would have come with X670 and PCie 5.0 and DDR5, oh boy, everyone would be extatic.
If Intel is doing it, well, neah, it isn't needed, why bother with pcie 5, why do we need ddr5? It is expensive, blah blah blah.
People, get real. Competition is good. Intel is getting these technologies out first and that is what matters. 20% higher ipc means about 10% higher ipc vs zen 3. In 2021, i hope.
And if they have enough money, they just pay people who are spending their time in front of a screen, reading spec and reviews, while commenting on forums about how educated they are, to choose for them.
LoL! I forgot! Watch ton of lie fake advertising every 15 minutes.
You have zero idea what you're talking about. For all you know you do get the 20% IPC, but the clock peaks at 2 Ghz. :rockout:
I see core counts also don't matter to you, so here's your 12th Gen Dual core Alder Lake at 2 Ghz. Enjoy. - signed, Intel.
And because you're the only one convinced, they'll even spoil the fact that it can come with 'up to' 3200mhz DDR4!Yeah, no... the marketing was disingenuous and the architecture was a massive design failure. The performance just wasn't there so AMD effectively oversold it with misleading marketing. And they got burned for it, rightly so. Just stop playing the poor puppy AMD card, because really, its so sad and we know better.
This will likely have "up to 20% in AVX 512, then 3% everywhere else. And it will have to contend with zen 4, which should feature significant improvements of its own.
Now "Rocket" in my understanding is barely able to lift off. Thanks Intel.