Sunday, September 19th 2021
Intel Alder Lake T-Series 35 W TDP Lineup Revealed
The complete lineup of Intel's Alder Lake T-Series processors has recently been revealed by FanlessTech showing seven models ranging from the quad-core i3-12100T to the 16-core i9-12900T. These new processors are the low-power desktop variants of the upcoming 12th Generation Alder Lake hybrid family and are primarily designed for use in small form factor and fanless devices. Alder Lake introduces several advancements including PCIe 5.0, and DDR5 support in addition to a new hybrid design with a mix of high-performance and high-efficiency cores.
The 35 W TDP is a significant reduction from the 125 W and 65 W power budgets for the unlocked and normal variants of the processors and has resulted in a reduction in boost clocks. The flagship i9-12900T features eight high-performance and eight high-efficiency cores with a maximum boost-clock of 4.9 GHz paired with 20 MB of L3 cache. We also see that all the i3 and i5 models only feature high-performance cores with only the i7 and i9 getting additional high-efficiency cores. FanlessTech reports that these new processors should be available to purchase in early 2022, the complete lineup can be viewed below.
Complete Specifications
Source:
FanlessTech
The 35 W TDP is a significant reduction from the 125 W and 65 W power budgets for the unlocked and normal variants of the processors and has resulted in a reduction in boost clocks. The flagship i9-12900T features eight high-performance and eight high-efficiency cores with a maximum boost-clock of 4.9 GHz paired with 20 MB of L3 cache. We also see that all the i3 and i5 models only feature high-performance cores with only the i7 and i9 getting additional high-efficiency cores. FanlessTech reports that these new processors should be available to purchase in early 2022, the complete lineup can be viewed below.
- i9-12900T 16 (8+8) 24T 30 MB L3 up to 4.9 GHz UHD Graphics 770
- i7-12700T 12 (8+4) 20T 25 MB L3 up to 4.7 GHz UHD Graphics 770
- i5-12600T 6 (6+0) 12T 18 MB L3 up to 4.6 GHz UHD Graphics 770
- i5-12500T 6 (6+0) 12T 18 MB L3 up to 4.4 GHz UHD Graphics 770
- i5-12400T 6 (6+0) 12T 18 MB L3 up to 4.2 GHz UHD Graphics 730
- i3-12300T 4 (4+0) 8T 12 MB L3 up to 4.2 GHz UHD Graphics 730
- i3-12100T 4 (4+0) 8T 12 MB L3 up to 4.1 GHz UHD Graphics 730
25 Comments on Intel Alder Lake T-Series 35 W TDP Lineup Revealed
From mindfactory - aug '21. No one cares about RL.
Seems to me that would take more effort from Intel to do but apart from that, it's more likely that those won't come with an (aditional) dedicated gpu so it's those parts that benefit from a solid igpu the most.
I would not expect that to be due to E-cores missing on the die as mobile 4/6 P-core Alder Lakes do have E-cores.
Reality > 100W then throttle
I think their GPU momentum really needs ... more momentum. If AMD can present itself as the total chip king that mindshare will go to the moon. Right now, Nvidia still holds that crown for GPU, even if their current offering isn't quite as good as it used to be while AMD's has improved compared to the last decade. AMD is taking WAY too long pushing RDNA2 forward, also in IGPs.
Also @TheGuruStud I read your 'RL' as Real Life :D and it would fit just as well... I mean let's face it, Intel's bottom half of the stack is exactly the most competitive half they have right now. Anything high performance or 'K' labeled is a TDP shitshow. Intel is going to compete on price and that top end is probably not going places for Alder Lake either.
hothardware.com/news/intels-entire-12th-gen-alder-lake-t-series-35w-cpus
1. Dies without E-cores. Unless Intel has desktop-only 6-core this is suspicious. Mobile 4/6-cores so far seem to get E-cores.
2. OS scheduling for different cores is still horrible. This would conceivably hit CPUs with less P-cores and higher P-core frequencies more which would in turn make having both P- and E-cores viable on mobile and not so much on desktop. At the same time in high-end Intel has used suboptimal solutions before to be competitive at least in marketing so 8P+8E could be done even if it is not exactly perfect.
Doesn't mean jack squat for PL2 or boost clock.
Totally don't understand this whole line up tbh. T for desktop without USPs, why use the damn letter even.