Intel introduces 22 new Alder Lake CPUs and H670, B660 and H610 chipsets
Intel introduces 22 new Alder Lake processors for desktops. This concerns the non-K variants in Core i3, i5, i7 and i9 versions and T versions with lower consumption. Intel also introduces new chipsets in the 600 series for cheaper motherboards.
Intel released the first Alder Lake processors at the end of last year, but that was limited to a select few. Until now, only the overclockable K models were available, in combination with expensive Z690 motherboards. At the CES fair, Intel will introduce the entire line-up of Alder Lake processors. It includes cheaper Core i3 and i5 versions with fewer cores. Intel does not use Efficiency cores on those models. The Core i5-12600 has six Performance cores and the i3s have four.
In total, Intel is adding 22 new models to the lineup. The non-K versions of the Alder Lake processors, such as the Core i9-12900, Core i7-12700, Core i5-12600 and Core i3-12300, have a stated Base Power of 65W. That is much less than the 125W of the K versions. On the other hand, the clock speeds are lower. The difference is mainly in the specified base clock speed.
Intel also introduces a number of F variants without integrated GPUs. That concerns the i9-12900F, i7-12700F, i5-12400F and the i3-12100F. These have the same specifications as the regular models except for the GPU.
In addition, Intel will present seven T versions of Alder Lake processors. It concerns a line-up from the Core i3-12100T up to the Core i9-12900T. These models have the same core configurations as the versions of the same name without a T designation, but with lower consumption. The Base Power is set to 35W. This is possible thanks to the much lower base clock speed. These processors are intended for small form factor PCs or all-in-ones.
Intel Alder Lake processors for desktops | ||||||
Fashion model | cores (threads) | Clock Speeds P cores |
caches | GPU | Base and Max Power |
Price |
Intel Core i9-12900K | 8P + 8E (24) | Base: 3.2GHz Boost: 5.2GHz |
L3: 30MB L2: 14MB |
UHD 770 | 125W-241W | |
Intel Core i9-12900 | 8P + 8E (24) | Base: 2.4GHz Boost: 5.1GHz |
L3: 30MB L2: 14MB |
UHD 770 | 65W-202W | $489 |
Intel Core i9-12900F | 8P + 8E (24) | Base: 2.4GHz Boost: 5.1GHz |
L3: 30MB L2: 14MB |
No | 65W-202W | $464 |
Intel Core i9-12900T | 8P + 8E (24) | Base: 1.4GHz Boost: 4.9GHz |
L3: 30MB L2: 14MB |
UHD 770 | 35W-106W | $489 |
Intel Core i7-12700K | 8P + 4E (20) | Base: 3.6GHz Boost: 5.0GHz |
L3: 25MB L2: 12MB |
UHD 770 | 125W-190W | |
Intel Core i7-12700 | 8P + 4E (20) | Base: 2.1GHz Boost: 4.9GHz |
L3: 25MB L2: 12MB |
UHD 770 | 65W-180W | $339 |
Intel Core i7-12700F | 8P + 4E (20) | Base: 2.1GHz Boost: 4.9GHz |
L3: 25MB L2: 12MB |
No | 65W-180W | $314 |
Intel Core i7-12700T | 8P + 4E (20) | Base: 1.4GHz Boost: 4.7GHz |
L3: 25MB L2: 12MB |
UHD 770 | 35W-99W | $339 |
Intel Core i5-12600K | 6P + 4E (16) | Base: 3.7GHz Boost: 4.9GHz |
L3: 20MB L2: |
UHD 770 | 125W-150W | |
Intel Core i5-12600 | 6P + 0E (12) | Base: 3.3GHz Boost: 4.8GHz |
L3: 18MB L2: 7.5MB |
UHD 770 | 65W-117W | $223 |
Intel Core i5-12600T | 6P + 0E (12) | Base: 1.4GHz Boost: 4.6GHz |
L3: 18MB L2: 7.5MB |
UHD 770 | 35W-74W | $223 |
Intel Core i5-12500 | 6P + 0E (12) | Base: 3.0GHz Boost: 4.6GHz |
L3: 18MB L2: 7.5MB |
UHD 770 | 65W-117W | $202 |
Intel Core i5-12500T | 6P + 0E (12) | Base: 2.0GHz Boost: 4.4GHz |
L3: 18MB L2: 7.5MB |
UHD 770 | 35W-74W | $202 |
Intel Core i5-12400 | 6P + 0E (12) | Base: 2.5GHz Boost: 4.4GHz |
L3: 18MB L2: 7.5MB |
UHD 730 | 65W-117W | $192 |
Intel Core i5-12400F | 6P + 0E (12) | Base: 2.5GHz Boost: 4.4GHz |
L3: 18MB L2: 7.5MB |
No | 65W-117W | $167 |
Intel Core i5-12400T | 6P + 0E (12) | Base: 1.8GHz Boost: 4.2GHz |
L3: 18MB L2: 7.5MB |
UHD 730 | 35W-74W | $192 |
Intel Core i3-12300 | 4P + 0E (8) | Base: 3.5GHz Boost: 4.4GHz |
L3: 12MB L2: 5MB |
UHD 730 | 60W-89W | $143 |
Intel Core i3-12300T | 4P + 0E (8) | Base: 2.3GHz Boost: 4.2GHz |
L3: 12MB L2: 5MB |
UHD 730 | 35W-69W | $143 |
Intel Core i3-12100 | 4P + 0E (8) | Base: 3.3GHz Boost: 4.3GHz |
L3: 12MB L2: 5MB |
UHD 730 | 60W-89W | $122 |
Intel Core i3-12100F | 4P + 0E (8) | Base: 3.3GHz Boost: 4.3GHz |
L3: 12MB L2: 5MB |
No | 58W-89W | $97 |
Intel Core i3-12100T | 4P + 0E (8) | Base: 2.2GHz Boost: 4.1GHz |
L3: 12MB L2: 5MB |
UHD 730 | 35W-69W | $122 |
New models in bold in table
Pentium and Celeron
In addition to the new Intel Core processors, Intel also presents a Pentium and Celeron processor based on the Alder Lake architecture. These CPUs are equipped with two P-cores and do not have a Turbo function. The Celerons don’t have HyperThreading either. The regular versions have a Base Power of 45W and there are lower clocked T-versions with a Base Power of 35W. Because the processors do not have Turbo function, Intel does not specify a Max Power value.
Fashion model | cores (threads) | Clock Speeds P cores |
caches | GPU | Base Power | Price |
Pentium Gold G7400 | 2P + 0E (4) | Base: 3.7GHz Boost: – |
L3: 6MB L2: 2.5MB |
UHD 710 | 45W | $64 |
Pentium Gold G7400T | 2P + 0E (4) | Base: 3.1GHz Boost: – |
L3: 6MB L2: 2.5MB |
UHD 710 | 35W | $64 |
Celeron G6900 | 2P + 0E (2) | Base: 3.4GHz Boost: – |
L3: 4MB L2: 2.5MB |
UHD 710 | 45W | $42 |
Celeron G6900t | 2P + 0E (2) | Base: 2.8GHz Boost: – |
L3: 4MB L2: 2.5MB |
UHD 710 | 35W | $42 |
600 series chipsets
Along with the new processors, Intel is introducing three new chipsets in the 600 series for motherboards. It concerns the H670, B660 and H610 chipsets, which will come to motherboards of the same name. The chipsets have fewer features than the current Z690 chipset and will find their way to cheaper motherboards. The new chipsets do not support processor overclocking and have fewer PCIe lanes. The cheapest H610 chipset does not support PCIe 4.0.
In recent weeks, information has already appeared online about H610 and B660 motherboards from Gigabyte and MSI and H670 motherboards from ASUS. It turned out that, just like with the Z690 motherboards, there will be different versions for DDR5 or DDR4 memory.
chipset | Z690 | H670 | B660 | H610 |
Overclocking CPU | Yes | new | new | new |
Memory overclock | Yes | Yes | Yes | new |
Memory channels | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
DMI 4.0 lanes | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
PCIe 4.0 lanes over chipset | Up to 12 | Up to 12 | Up to 6 | † |
PCIe 3.0 lanes over chipset | Up to 16 | Up to 12 | Up to 8 | 8 |
Sata 3.0 ports | Up to 8 | Up to 8 | 4 | 4 |
max. USB connections | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 |
max. USB 3.2 Gen 2×2 connections (20Gbit/s) | 4 | 2 | 2 | † |
PCIe RAID Support | Yes | Yes | new | new |
Wi-Fi 6E integration | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
New stock coolers
With the introduction of the non-K processors, Intel is also introducing new air coolers that will be included in the boxed versions. This concerns the Laminar RH1, RM1 and RS1. The former is a slightly heavier version with argb lighting. This is combined with Core i9 processors. The RM1 is the base model that will ship with Core i3s, i5s and i7s. The RS1 will bundle Intel with Pentium and Celeron processors.
Intel Laminar RH1, RS1 and RM1