The chip maker’s new hybrid technology is moving to a world where you can create a revolution in usability and efficiency – with a clearer division between three categories of products for different suppliers
Intel gave us a small boost from the potential of its 12th-generation Core Core last July, then entered a relatively long period of industrial quiet – from which it is now emerging with great fanfare, with the introduction of dozens of new processor models in both the stationary and mobile markets.
In the mobile world, the company is finally completing the separation between its economical U models and the reinforced U models with an enlarged 28-watt power envelope by default – these will now receive the letter P and serve as a link between the U products and the leading H products. So what’s on the menu? 8 H processors with outputs of up to 45 watts up to 115 watts at their peak, 6 P processors that come with a power envelope of between 28 watts and 64 watts in maximum turbo mode for limited periods of time and also 10 U processors, backed by discounted Pentium and Celeron models in previous generations Usually arrived with some delay.
The top-of-the-line processor that promises to have significantly better performance than the Ryzen 9 5900HX under any given power envelope is the Core i9-12980HK, with six large Golden Cove cores and eight more cost-effective Gracemont cores, upward frequency multiplication, deceptive integrated cache memory 24 megabytes L3, a graphical Xe core with 96 processing clusters and the ability to reach a maximum turbo frequency of 5GHz in its leading cores – while alongside it the Core i7-12700H with the same array of processing cores at slightly reduced operating frequencies (and without the potential for further simple acceleration using Basic Frequency Multiplexing) is expected to be the preferred choice for all gaming enthusiasts who will be interested in an optimal cost-benefit ratio.
The most intriguing model in the P family is the Core i7-1280P which features the same 6 advanced cores and 8 cost-effective cores of its brother from the H family, and the same built-in graphics core with 96 processing clusters up to 1.45GHz – but somehow does so under The power envelope is reduced by tens of percent, which is mainly reflected in more modest base frequencies. It will be very interesting to find out how much of the performance is maintained with the reduction from the 45 watt power envelope to the 28 watt power envelope while preserving most of the hardware components, but it is worth noting that the 1280P model is defined as targeted at the business market. Popular.
The P model that seems to have great potential for popularity among home users, according to the many leaks it has starred in so far, is the Core i7-1260P with four cores of Golden Cove and another eight cores of Gracemont, an integrated L3 cache of 18 megabytes, Built-in graphics core with 96 processing clusters and operating frequency of up to 1.4GHz and increased base frequencies for the powerful cores (relative to 1280P).
In the U-section there is an interesting division of the models into those with a basic power envelope of 15 watts and those with a basic power envelope of only 9 watts, in an almost identical name format except for one number between them – and an interesting array with a pair of powerful Golden Cove cores and eight other Gracemont cores More efficient and modest, without compromising on 96 processing clusters in the graphics cores of the most advanced and expensive Core i7 models in any case. Core i7-1255U and Core i5-1235U are set to become the most common choices among manufacturers, both featuring 10 physical cores and 12 logical cores with 12 megabytes of integrated L3 cache memory and maximum turbochargers of up to 55 watts that will allow them to achieve frequencies Surprisingly something of 4.4GHz and above.
The pair of Pentium processors and the pair of Celeron laptops offered under the U series will provide an even more unexpected processing array – with a single physical Golden Cove core (without sacrificing HyperThreading technology) and four more Gracemont cores, i.e. five physical cores And six logical cores in a package that should cost computer companies just over $ 100 a unit. seemingly.
Expect to see over 100 different computer models based on the various Alder Lake processors on store shelves over the coming months.
