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It’s still unclear when Intel will officially announce its next mainstream desktop processors, the 12th Gen Core “Alder Lake-S” series, but a number of European stores have already begun listing select chips along with their prices.
According to a list shared by momomo_us, the Core i9-12900K will cost between 540 ($640.59) to 608 EUR ($721.26) without VAT and 653 ($774.64) to 736 ($873.11) EUR with VAT. This is the flagship Alder Lake-S chip featuring 8 “Performance” and 8 “Efficiency” cores and base/boost clock speeds of 3.2 GHz/5.3 GHz.
Intel’s Alder Lake processors are unique in that they use a new hybrid CPU architecture that leverages two different types of CPU cores, one of which is focused on performance, while the other is designed for efficiency. The new series should also be exciting thanks to its DDR5 memory and PCIe 5.0 support...
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