Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake ‘hybrid’ chips are here to take on AMD—and Apple

Intel’s 12th Gen Alder Lake chips have officially arrived. The Santa Clara, California-based chipmaker is kicking things off with six unlocked desktop processors. At the helm will be the Core i9-12900K model which is being billed as the ‘world’s best gaming processor.’ They’ll be more broadly available from November 4. Price starts at $264 (roughly Rs 19,800) going all the way to $589 (roughly Rs 44,000).

Alder Lake marks the beginning of an all-new era for Intel. No wonder, it has been hyping these chips for a while now, particularly their performance hybrid architecture.