The folks at Videocardz have posted the latest info regarding the official Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake CPU. the leak confirms the next-gen desktop & mobility lineup offering up to 20% single-threaded performance increase. The 12th generation line-up will be launched in the second half of 2021 and will replace the 11th Gen Rocket Lake Desktop and Tiger Lake Mobility chips.
According to sources, the official slide from Intel states that the Alder Lake is a ‘Breakthrough CPU Architecture’. The processor will offer a 20% single-threaded performance uplift and a 2X uplift in multi-threaded tasks.
As we know that the Intel’s Alder Lake CPUs will be the first CPUs fabricated on the brand new 10nm Enhanced SuperFin process node. And according to recent rumors, Alder Lake CPUs will offer a 20% IPC uplift over Tiger Lake.
Intel Golden Cove (Core) Architecture:
- Improve Single-Threaded Performance (IPC)
- Improve Artificial Intelligence (AI) Performance
- Improve Network/5G Performance
- Enhanced Security Features
Intel Gracemont (Atom) Architecture:
- Improve Single-Threaded Performance (IPC)
- Improve Frequency (Clock Speeds)
- Improve Vector Performance
From the information in the leak, we can find that the Alder Lake CPUs will use a hybrid core design which would include both Golden Cove cores (successor to Willow Cove) & also the Gracemont cores which are the next-generation Atom architecture. The cores also come with some new and optimized features include Hardware-Guided Scheduling, Design Optimizations, and Energy-aware core parking.
Other specs of the Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake CPU lineup include:
- PCIe Gen 5 & PCIe Gen 4 support
- Intel WiFi 6E (Gig+)
- Thunderbolt 4 support
- DDR5/DDR4 for the desktop platform and LPDDR5 / LPDDR4 for the mobility platform.
Coming to the desktop platform, the Alder Lake Desktop CPUs will support the brand new 600-series platform which includes the Z690 motherboards. Intel Alder Lake CPUs also brings along with it support for 16 PCIe Gen 5.0 and 4 PCIe Gen 4.0 lanes. So it will be an added advantage with the 600-series motherboard.
