Intel introduces 22 new Alder Lake CPUs and H670, B660 and H610 chipsets

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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

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