Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake processors OUT, are more like Apple M1 and mobile chips

Intel’s much hyped Alder Lake processors are now public! At the Intel Innovation event, Intel announced its 12th Gen Alder Lake processors for desktop PCs. There are three models at launch: Core i9-12900K, Core i7-12700K, and the Core i5-12600K. You will also find the “KF” versions of these chips that will come without an integrated GPU. The processors are based on the 10nm fabrication process.

Intel is promising significant performance boosts with the 12th Gen Alder Lake CPUs. There are major changes underneath, which also includes the basic architecture of the processor. Intel has taken inspiration from ARM’s big.LITTLE architecture for these desktop CPUs to have better power efficiency.