At CES 2022, Intel officially unveiled the entire series of 12th Gen ‘Alder Lake’ laptops and desktop processors. The chipset maker claims that the new 12th Gen Intel Core mobile processors are up to 40 percent faster. These processors can easily beat the previous generation mobile processors in processing speeds. With the launch of the new Intel Core 12th Gen Mobile processor, Intel still dominates the PC/laptop chipset business globally.
Intel 12th Gen Processors for Mobile and Desktop
During the launch event, Intel unveiled 28 new 12th Gen Intel Core mobile chipsets. Intel claims that the new 12th Gen Core H-Series laptop processors are capable of delivering desktop-like performance. Also Read: Intel Tiger Lake H-Series CPUs: Powerful Performance for Thin and Light Gaming Laptops
The new machines powered by the new chipset will launch next month in the international market. Consumers can expect all major brands like Acer, Asus, HP, Dell, Lenovo, MSI, and Razor to bring high-end laptops with the latest Intel processors. Also Read: Samsung Galaxy Tab S8 Ultra on Geekbench; likely to be powered by Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 SoC
12th Gen Intel Core H-Series Processors
To recall, the 12th Gen Alder Lake CPU for desktop went live last year. Now, Intel has launched the 12th Gen H-Series processors for laptops. The new series will bring Intel’s hybrid architecture with heterogeneous cores to laptops. Also Read: HP Pavilion 15 laptop with 12th Gen Intel Core processor | HP Pavilion laptops with AMD 5000 series processor
The hybrid design of the chipset includes up to 6 performance cores and up to 8 efficiency cores. This ensures optimal battery consumption. A similar architecture is used by Apple for the M1 chipset. Intel states that the Core i9-12900HK is the new flagship CPU. The chipset maker claims that the new CPU is the fastest mobile processor for laptops ever made. Moreover, it is the world’s best mobile gaming platform.
Intel claims that the new Aldar Lake chipsets are the most scalable series till date. These chips can power designs across consumers, enterprises, Internet of Things (IoT) products, and other applications. Also Read: Insta360 ONE RS modular action camera | Insta360 | Action Cameras | 360 Cameras with 48MP 4K Boost lens launched
Intel’s Press Release
During the launch event, Gregory Bryant, executive vice president and general manager, Intel, states, “Intel’s new performance hybrid architecture is helping to accelerate the pace of innovation and the future of compute. With the introduction of 12th Gen Intel Core mobile processors, we are unlocking new experiences and setting the standard of performance with the fastest processor for a laptop—ever.” Also Read: Shop Pay Payment option to be added to Facebook, Instagram
Intel Core i9-12900HK Mobile processor
As mentioned above, Intel brings 12th Gen Intel Core H-Series mobile processors featuring the flagship Intel Core i9-12900HK processor. This Intel flagship mobile chipset is the world’s best mobile gaming platform. Furthermore, it is the fastest mobile processor, which will power the upcoming laptops from various OEMs. The new chipset brings huge improvements in performance while ensuring optimal battery consumption.
In the new chipset, Intel has paired Performance-cores and Efficient-cores with workload prioritisation and management distribution. This is done through Intel Thread Director 3. Intel claims that the new Intel Core i9-12900HK offers improved system performance across single and multi-threaded applications.
The top-end Intel Core i9-12900HK gets a base frequency of 2.5GHz for the performance cores. In the Max Turbo mode, the frequency can go as high as 5.0 GHz. Similarly, the base frequency of efficiency cores is 1.8 GHz. In Max Turbo Mode, the frequency can go as high as 3.8 GHz. Also Read: Microsoft Surface Laptop 4 likely to launch in April: Reports
The top-end Alder Lake processors—Core i3 to Core i9—will power the heavy-duty laptops and gaming laptops. While Intel has a series of 12th Gen U processors that are meant for light laptops. Also Read: Latest Intel processors under U-series launched at COMPUTEX 2021
12th Gen Intel Mobile Processors: What’s New?
- The all-new chipset offers up to 5 GHz frequencies.
- The chipset features 14 cores, including 6 performance cores and 8 efficiency cores. Furthermore, it also gets 20 threads.
- Intel claims that the new 12th Gen Intel Core processors can deliver up to 28% faster gaming performance.
- For content creators, the new Intel 12th Gen H-series processors could offer up to 43% higher performance in 3D rendering.
- The latest chipset offers vast memory support for DDR5/LPDDR5 and DDR4/LPDDR4 modules up to 4800 MT/s.
- Similarly for connectivity, the new Intel chipset can use integrated Intel Wi-Fi 6E.
- The latest chipset also gets Thunderbolt 4 support. This allows to deliver transfer speeds of up to 40 Gb/s.
- Also allows PC connectivity to multiple 4K monitors and accessories. Also Read: Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra first impression: The Next Galaxy Note phone
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