A new 12th generation Intel Alder Lake mobility CPU appeared in the Geekbench database. The CPU mobility features more cores and threads than any existing notebook chip and also comes with some respectable clock speeds, despite being a sample of very old engineering.
Alder Lake-P Mobility 12th Generation Intel CPU with 14 cores and 20 threads, up to 4.70 GHz Boost Clocks
The Intel Alder Lake CPU located in the benchmark database is part of the Alder Lake-P line. The 12th generation family will be split between the Alder Lake-P notebook and the Alder Lake-S desktop lines, both featuring a hybrid core architecture. The CPUs will feature ‘Cove’ and ‘Atom’ x86 cores, with the larger cores running in the SMT configuration and the smaller ones running without SMT.
The engineering example features 14 cores and 20 threads. This configuration is only possible with a 6 + 8 (Large / Small) design. As only the largest cores in Golden Cove have SMT, we have reached 6 cores and 12 threads, while the remaining core / thread count is covered by the 8 smaller Atom cores. If we use an 8 + 6 configuration, the core count would also be 14, but the thread count would end up being 22.
Intel Alder Lake 12th generation big.SMALL CPU:
| CPU | Big Colors ‘Cove’ Architecture | Small-core ‘Atom’ architecture | GPU Tier |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8 + 8 + 1 | 8 | 8 | GT1 |
| 8 + 6 + 1 | 8 | 6 | GT1 |
| 8 + 4 + 1 | 8 | 4 | GT1 |
| 8 + 2 + 1 | 8 | two | GT1 |
| 8 + 0 + 1 | 8 | 0 | GT1 |
| 6 + 8 + 2 | 6 | 8 | GT2 |
| 6 + 8 + 1 | 6 | 8 | GT1 |
| 6 + 6 + 2 | 6 | 6 | GT2 |
| 6 + 6 + 1 | 6 | 6 | GT1 |
| 6 + 4 + 2 | 6 | 4 | GT2 |
| 6 + 4 + 1 | 6 | 4 | GT1 |
| 6 + 2 + 1 | 6 | two | GT1 |
| 6 + 0 + 1 | 6 | 0 | GT1 |
| 4 + 8 + 2 | 4 | 8 | GT2 |
| 4 + 0 + 1 | 4 | 0 | GT1 |
| 2 + 8 + 2 | two | 8 | GT2 |
| 2 + 4 + 2 | two | 4 | GT2 |
| 2 + 0 + 2 | two | 0 | GT2 |
| 2 + 0 + 1 | two | 0 | GT1 |
Other specifications include 24 MB of L3 cache and 4 MB of L2 cache. The CPU was seen running at speeds up to 4.70 GHz, but it is still an initial ES chip with a base clock of only 800 MHz and average clocks around 4.1-4.2 GHz. In addition, the CPU has the GT1 graphics chip that contains 96 execution units or 768 cores clocked at 1150 MHz. The OpenCL score for both Intel Alder Lake CPU endings ends at around 13,440 points, which is not so impressive, but is also expected considering that the graphics driver is not yet fully optimized.
Here is everything we know about the next-generation Alder Lake CPU family
Alder Lake CPUs will not only be the first desktop processor family to feature a 10nm process node, but will also feature a new design methodology. As far as we know, Intel plans to include a mix of CPU cores based on different IPs. Alder Lake CPUs will come with standard high-performance ‘Cove’ cores and smaller, yet efficient ‘Atom’ cores. This big.SMALL design methodology has been incorporated into smartphones for some time, but Alder Lake will be the first time that we will see it in action in the high performance segment.
The following are some of the updates you should expect from Intel’s 2021 architecture line:
Intel Golden Cove (Core) architecture:
- Improve single-thread performance (IPC)
- Improve artificial intelligence (AI) performance
- Improve network performance / 5G
- Enhanced security features
Intel Gracemont Architecture (Atom):
- Improve single-thread performance (IPC)
- Improve frequency (clock speeds)
- Improve vector performance
In addition to the chips, the LGA 1700 platform features the latest and greatest I / O technology, such as support for DDR5 memory, PCIe 5.0 and new Thunderbolt / WiFi features. Although the chip design methodology is nothing new, as we’ve seen With several SOCs showing a similar core hierarchy, it would definitely be interesting to see a similar output on a high-performance desktop CPU line when Alder Lake launches in the third quarter of 2021.
Intel Desktop CPU Generation Comparison:
| Intel CPU family | Processor Processor | Processor cores (max) | TDPs | Platform Chipset | Platform | Memory support | PCIe support | Launch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandy Bridge (2nd generation) | 32nm | 4/8 | 35-95W | 6 series | LGA 1155 | DDR3 | PCIe Gen 2.0 | 2011 |
| Ivy Bridge (3rd generation) | 22 nm | 4/8 | 35-77W | 7-Series | LGA 1155 | DDR3 | PCIe Gen 3.0 | 2012 |
| Haswell (4th generation) | 22 nm | 4/8 | 35-84W | 8-Series | LGA 1150 | DDR3 | PCIe Gen 3.0 | 2013-2014 |
| Broadwell (5th generation) | 14nm | 4/8 | 65-65W | 9-Series | LGA 1150 | DDR3 | PCIe Gen 3.0 | 2015 |
| Skylake (6th generation) | 14nm | 4/8 | 35-91W | 100-Series | LGA 1151 | DDR4 | PCIe Gen 3.0 | 2015 |
| Lake Kaby (7th generation) | 14nm | 4/8 | 35-91W | 200 Series | LGA 1151 | DDR4 | PCIe Gen 3.0 | 2017 |
| Coffee Lake (8th generation) | 14nm | 6/12 | 35-95W | 300-Series | LGA 1151 | DDR4 | PCIe Gen 3.0 | 2017 |
| Coffee Lake (9th generation) | 14nm | 8/16 | 35-95W | 300-Series | LGA 1151 | DDR4 | PCIe Gen 3.0 | 2018 |
| Comet Lake (10th generation) | 14nm | 10/20 | 35-125W | 400-Series | LGA 1200 | DDR4 | PCIe Gen 3.0 | 2020 |
| Rocket Lake (11th generation) | 14nm | 8/16 | TBA | 500-Series | LGA 1200 | DDR4 | PCIe Gen 4.0 | 2021 |
| Lago Alder (12th generation) | 10nm | 16/24? | TBA | 600 Series? | LGA 1700 | DDR5 | PCIe Gen 5.0? | 2021 |
| Meteoro Lake (13th generation) | 7nm? | TBA | TBA | 700 series? | LGA 1700 | DDR5 | PCIe Gen 5.0? | 2022? |
| Lunar Lake (14th generation) | TBA | TBA | TBA | 800 series? | TBA | DDR5 | PCIe Gen 5.0? | 2023? |
News sources: Videocardz, Benchleaks