In the fourth quarter of last year, with the release of the 12th generation Core processor desktop version of the Alder Lake-S series, with the comprehensive improvement of the new process process and hybrid architecture, the performance and energy consumption ratio was greatly improved compared with the 11th generation Core processor desktop version Of the Rocket Lake-S series, which also marked Intel's re-acquisition of comprehensive competitiveness in the DIY desktop market.
Speaking of the notebook market, during the CES show in early 2022, Intel released the 12th generation Core processor family for mobile platforms, and intel provided a rich product line for the 12th generation Core mobile edition according to different segments such as game books, workstations, thin and light books, and two-in-one devices.
For the game platform, Intel has launched a new Alder Lake-H45 series. In terms of specific specifications, based on Intel 7 process process, hybrid architecture design (including 6 P-Core and 8 E-Core), support DDR5-4800, DDR4-3200, LPDDR5-5200, LPDDR4x-4266 and other types of memory, PCIe 4.0×8 discrete graphics channels, 2 PCIe 4.0×4 SSD channels, 4 direct-attachEd Thunderbolt 4, etc ;P CH chipset provides 12 more PCIe 3.0 channels, CNVIo modules that support Wi-Fi 6E networks, and so on. At the same time, the Alder Lake-H45 also integrates the Xe architecture nuclear display of the 96EU specification, so in addition to the unique game book, it can also get a more balanced performance in the light and thin version of the nuclear display.
In the promotional materials at the time, Intel officially said that the Alder Lake-H45 series is the fastest mobile processor, the world's best mobile game platform, and can provide strong content creation efficiency.
In the follow-up domestic and foreign media evaluation, it also proves that this official publicity is not exaggerated, compared with its own previous generation Tiger Lake-H45, the new generation of Alder Lake-H45 single-thread performance, multi-threaded performance and energy consumption ratio have brought a great improvement. Facing competitor AMD's Ryzenne 5000 Series Cezanne-H and Ryzen 6000 Series Rembrandt-H, the Alder Lake-H45 also has a large lead in peak performance.
Specific performance measurement performance, you can refer to the article: "Hardcore Performance StrikeSight OMEN Shadow Genie 8 Game Book In-depth Review", "Equipped with Standard Pressure Core i9-12900H Processor ROG Fantasy X Review"
Although The Alder Lake-H45 already has a strong performance performance, according to previous revelations, Intel has also prepared a more powerful solution for the game platform.
In the specification table at the end of last year, in addition to the H45, P28, U15, and U9 series that were released, there is also a single column S-BGA package H55 series. The H55 series offers up to 8P-Core+8E-Core specifications, two more P-Cores than the existing H45 Series, but with a reduction in the core display to 32EU.
Recently, foreign media Videocardz has exposed more parameter information about H55 series processors, and said that new products equipped with H55 series processors from Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI and other brands will be sold between May and June. In terms of specifications, the H55 series specifically includes Core i9-12950HX, Core i9-12900HX, Core i7-12850HX, Core i7-12800HX, Core i5-12600HX and other models, all of which end with the HX suffix and the basic power consumption PBP is 55W.
Among them, the Core i9-12900HX and Core i7-12800HX both provide the luxury specifications of 8P-Core+8E-Core, the former single-core up to 5.0GHz, the latter also has 4.8GHz. The Core i5-12600HX is relatively mediocre, still 4P-Core+8E-Core, but the single-core turbo frequency is increased to 4.6GHz, which is slightly higher than the ordinary Core i5-12600H.
From the specification point of view, H55 and desktop version of Alder Lake-S, the number of cores, cache capacity, core specifications and other parameters of the two can be said to be basically the same, the difference is only the packaging method. In gaming platforms that don't consider nuclear graphics performance, the H55 has greater performance potential than the H45 with two less P-Cores.
In particular, the Core i7-12800HX is completely in line with the Core i9-12900HX in terms of specifications, which has 4 more E-Cores than the desktop version of the Core i7-12700K, which obviously has a strong attraction.
In addition to the larger number of cores, the Alder Lake-S desktop edition also has a more powerful IO, such as the processor itself provides 16 PCIe 5.0 channels + 4 PCIe 4.0 channels, and the supporting chipset can provide up to 12 PCIe 4.0 channels + 16 PCIe 3.0 channels, which is more than Alder Lake-H45 (the processor itself provides 8 PCIe 4.0 channels + two sets of 4 PCIe 4.0 channels, The packaged chipset provides 12 PCIe 3.0 channels) for greater power.
The H55 series, which is homologous to the Desktop Version of Alder Lake-S, also has the opportunity to inherit the above advanced features in the IO part, providing better scalability for the game platform.
prospect
Having more cores, while also retaining a higher frequency, is not without cost, obviously needs higher power consumption as a support, H55 series has raised the basic power consumption PBP to 55W, MTP maximum turbo power consumption has not yet accurate news, but considering that the MTB of the existing H45 has been as high as 115W, the MTB of the H55 will obviously be higher than this number.
In order to release the maximum performance of the H55 processor, the game also needs to provide the heat dissipation ability to match it, of course, this also makes many high-end molds useful. Perhaps with the official release of the H55, "thick brick muscle books" such as MSI Titan GT and ROG Super God will also have the opportunity to re-emerge, and hardware enthusiasts are expected to experience desktop-like gaming products in 2022. Of course, for the vast majority of players, it is still hoped that the mainstream price and conventional size of the game can further improve the heat dissipation capacity, bringing about the performance upgrade of the amount without adding price...