The first alleged benchmarks of Intel's Alder Lake Core i9-12900KF, Core i7-12700KF, and Core i5-12600KF CPUs along with their retail prices have leaked out by Persian PC outlet, Sakhtafzarmag.

Alleged Intel Core i9-12900KF, Core i7-12700KF & Core i5-12600KF Benchmarks, and Prices Leak Out

Now first of all these benchmarks that have leaked out should be taken with a huge bowl of salt considering no details regarding the test setup or what operating system these benchmarks were conducted on have been listed. Despite that, we haven't seen these particular benchmarks leak out anywhere before so these could be from early engineering samples and only focus on the CPU-side of performance.

So starting up, we have performance numbers for three Intel Alder Lake-S 'KF' chips, the Core i9-12900KF, Core i7-12700KF, and the Core i5-12600KF. The specifications are listed below:

Intel Core i9-12900K 16 Core / 24 Thread Desktop CPU

The Intel Core i9-12900K will be the flagship chip in the 12th Gen Alder Lake Desktop CPU lineup. It will feature 8 Golden Cove cores and 8 Gracemont cores for a total of 16 cores (8+8) and 24 threads (16+8). The P-cores (Golden Cove) will operate at a maximum boost frequency of up to 5.3 GHz with 1-2 active cores and 5.0 GHz with all-cores active while the E-cores (Gracemont) will operate at 3.90 GHz across 1-4 cores and up to 3.7 GHz when all cores are loaded.

The CPU will feature 30 MB of L3 cache and TDP values are maintained at 125W (PL1) and 228W (PL2). The 'K' variant is expected to retail at $599 US while the Non-K variant will retail at $509 US.

Intel Core i7-12700K 12 Core / 20 Thread Desktop CPU

Moving over to the Core i7, Intel will offer 8 Golden Cove cores but cut down the Gracemont cores to 4. This will result in a total of 12 cores (8+4) and 20 threads (16+4). The P-cores (Golden Cove) will operate at a maximum boost frequency of up to 5.0 GHz with 1-2 active cores and 4.7 GHz with all-cores active while the E-cores (Gracemont) will operate at 3.8 GHz across 1-4 cores & up to 3.6 GHz when all cores are loaded.

The CPU will feature 25 MB of L3 cache and TDP values are maintained at 125W (PL1) and 228W (PL2). The 'K' variant is expected to retail at $429 US while the Non-K variant will retail at $359 US.

Intel Core i5-12600K 10 Core / 16 Thread Desktop CPU

Lastly, we have the Intel Core i5-12600K which will be the entry-level unlocked chip within the line. The CPU will carry 6 Golden Cove and 4 Gracemont cores for a total of 10 cores (6+4) & 16 threads (12+4). The P-cores (Golden Cove) will operate at a maximum boost frequency of up to 4.9 GHz with 1-2 active cores and 4.5 GHz with all-cores active while the E-cores (Gracemont) will operate at 3.6 GHz across 1-4 cores & up to 3.4 GHz when all cores are loaded.

The CPU will feature 20 MB of L3 cache and TDP values are maintained at 125W (PL1) and 228W (PL2). The 'K' variant is expected to retail at $279 US while the Non-K variant will retail at $249 US. There's also the Core i5-12400 that will retail at $203 US.

Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake Desktop CPU Specs