Wednesday, October 27th 2021
Final Intel 12th Gen Core CPU Spec and Pricing Leak Hours Before Official Reveal
For those tired of Intel leaks, please look away now, as this is likely to be one of the last leaks before the official reveal later today. The final specifications, as well as pricing for the first six of Intel's 12th Gen Core CPUs has made an appearance online and the good news is that the official pricing isn't as bad as we've been led to believe, based on earlier leaks and it'll at least make up some of the cost increase of the Z690 motherboards over the Z590 models.
Spec wise, we're not looking at anything unexpected here, it simply verifies what has leaked so far, with one exception, maximum turbo power. Although the base TDP of all six CPUs is 125 W, it seems like Intel is using the maximum turbo power as yet another product differentiator, at least more so than it has previously. The Core i9 CPUs get a maximum turbo power of 241 W, whereas the Core i7's top out at 190 W and the Core i5's at 150 W. At least Intel is being open about it and the question is if it will have any affect on overclocking or not. Obviously having fewer CPUs cores would result in a lower power draw overall, but then the question is why the Core i5's have a base TDP of 125 W.
Price wise, the new Core i9-12900K has a 1K list price of US$589, some $80 cheaper than the leaked pricing from Micro Center, but still about $40-50 more expensive than the 11th Gen Core i9-11900K. The KF SKU is $15 cheaper at US$564, which is a smaller margin than between the 11th Gen K and KF SKUs. Moving down a step to the Core i7 CPUs, the 12700K is listed at US$409, with the KF SKU coming in at US$384, which is in line with the 11th Gen Core i7 parts. Finally the Core i5-12600K is listed at US$289, with the KF SKU at US$264, which is about $15-25 higher than the 11th Gen Core i5 equivalents.
Overall it seems like fair pricing, if Intel delivers in terms of performance and based on some Intel game benchmarks, it looks like the 11th Gen CPUs are going to be outperformed quite easily, whereas it looks like AMD might still hold its own in some titles. We'll have to wait for official reviews next week before we can say if this will hold true or not.
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Spec wise, we're not looking at anything unexpected here, it simply verifies what has leaked so far, with one exception, maximum turbo power. Although the base TDP of all six CPUs is 125 W, it seems like Intel is using the maximum turbo power as yet another product differentiator, at least more so than it has previously. The Core i9 CPUs get a maximum turbo power of 241 W, whereas the Core i7's top out at 190 W and the Core i5's at 150 W. At least Intel is being open about it and the question is if it will have any affect on overclocking or not. Obviously having fewer CPUs cores would result in a lower power draw overall, but then the question is why the Core i5's have a base TDP of 125 W.
56 Comments on Final Intel 12th Gen Core CPU Spec and Pricing Leak Hours Before Official Reveal
Add to this the high prices of DDR5 memory, when someone does not want to buzz a set based on DDR4.
So what will we gain? Higher performance in games (it is not known how much higher, because Intel used a few clever tricks to emphasize the differences from Ryzen), unknown performance in programs (tests compared to Intel's 11th generation, and AMD slides not shown), mega high energy consumption , ultra high prices for motherboards and DDR5 memory.
In terms of price / performance and capabilities (motherboard equipment), Alder Lake performs poorly and AMD Ryzen 6000 (Zen3 +) will easily return to the first place in most or even all of the above categories.
Yes, there are store that charge early adopters tax but no store will offer a product at launch below MSRP.
Same story for the 11700k: pangoly.com/en/price-history/intel-core-i7-11700k
RCP of $399.00 - $409.00. The first couple of days it was $420 and then $405. As long as there isn't a stock problem, like with the 11400 or 11900k in certain regions, RCP is the price you'll find it in stores.