Finally, the Blue team has announced its flagship 12th Gen Intel® Core™ i9-12900KS processor to the world with up to 5.5 GHz max turbo frequency. Thanks to Intel® Thermal Velocity Boost it can achieve such high frequency and features Intel® Adaptive Boost Technology (Intel® ABT) to provide the ultimate gaming experience.
“Intel continues to push the envelope for desktop gaming with the new 12th Gen Intel Core i9-12900KS processor. Based on Intel’s 12th Gen performance hybrid architecture, this processor can hit 5.5 GHz on up to two cores for the first time, giving the most extreme gamers the ability to maximize performance.”
–Marcus Kennedy, general manager of Gaming, Creator & Esports Segment at Intel
With 16 cores (eight Performance-cores and eight Efficient-cores) and 24 threads, and up to 5.5 GHz max turbo frequency, 150W processor base power and 30MB Intel® Smart Cache for even more gaming power and performance.
Features:
- Up to 5.5 GHz max turbo frequency with Intel Thermal Velocity Boost.
- Intel Adaptive Boost Technology for improved gaming performance by opportunistically allowing higher multi-core turbo frequencies.
- 16 cores (eight P-cores and eight E-cores), 24 threads, 150W processor base power, 30MB Intel Smart Cache, and PCIe Gen 5.0 and 4.0 support.
- Up to DDR5 4800 MT/s and DDR4 3200 MT/s support.
- Chipset compatible with existing Z690 motherboards with the latest BIOS recommended for the best gaming experience.
This unlocked CPU will form Intel’s flagship chip that will retail for $739 and this special edition processor will be available beginning from April 5. As per Intel, this CPU can be found at retailers worldwide as a boxed processor and integrated into systems from Intel’s channel and OEM partners.
