Intel Alder Lake (12th-gen)

May 24, 2022 · 6 min read

The official release date for Intel's Alder Lake was November 4th, 2021. This was announced during Intel's ON October 27-28, 2021 event.

Alder Lake is built on an advanced version of Intel's 10nm process that the company is now referring to as Intel 7 (new name for what would have been Intel's third-generation 10nm technology).

Intel's Biggest Architectural Shifts in a Generation for CPUs, GPUs and IPUs

Performance-cores (P-cores):

• Optimized to handle single & lightly threaded performance.
• Enhance gaming and productivity workload.

Efficient-cores (E-cores):

• Optimized to handle scaling highly threaded workloads.
• Minimize interruptions from background task management.

How much does Intel Alder Lake CPUs cost?

• Core i9-12900KS – $739
• Core i9-12900K – $589
• Core i9-12900 – $529
• Core i9-12900F – $509
• Core i7-12700K – $409
• Core i7-12700KF – $389
• Core i7-12700 – $359
• Core i7-12700F – $329
• Core i5-12600K – $289
• Core i5-12600 – $239
• Core i5-12500 – $219
• Core i5-12400 – $209
• Core i5-12400F – $179
• Core i3-12100 – $139
• Core i3-12100F – $109
• Celeron G6900 – $79
• Celeron G6900 (lower clock speed) – $59