Intel will only launch K/KF suffix Alder Lake-S and Z690 chipsets during the year

There have long been rumors that Intel plans to release the 12th generation Core series processors in October or November 2021 (approximately between October 25 and November 19). Although there is no exact date, it will not deviate too much. Intel’s first desktop processor is based on the 10nm SuperFin process and the first x86 desktop processor with big.LITTLE hybrid architecture, Alder Lake-S has high expectations.

Intel Alder Lake vPRO Windows, Source: VideoCardz

According to Igor’sLAB, Intel’s first Alder Lake-S processor has only “K” and “KF” suffix products and the Z690 chipset. The rest of the 12th generation Core series processors, as well as the H670, B660, and B610 chipsets will not be released until CES 2022. There has been news about the delayed release of products with a suffix other than “K”.

According to previous news, the PL1 of the Core i9-12900K QS version is 125W and the PL2 is 228W. A source with the Core i9-12900K QS version said that in Cinebench R20, its single-threaded benchmark score exceeded 810, while the multi-threaded benchmark score exceeded 11,600. Compared with AMD Ryzen 9 5950X, the single-thread benchmark and multi-thread benchmark results are about 640 and 10400, respectively. The Core i9-12900K QS version is 25% and 11% higher respectively.