Intel Alder Lake T-Series 35 W TDP Lineup Revealed

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The complete lineup of Intel's Alder Lake T-Series processors has recently been revealed by FanlessTech showing seven models ranging from the quad-core i3-12100T to the 16-core i9-12900T. These new processors are the low-power desktop variants of the upcoming 12th Generation Alder Lake hybrid family and are primarily designed for use in small form factor and fanless devices. Alder Lake introduces several advancements including PCIe 5.0, and DDR5 support in addition to a new hybrid design with a mix of high-performance and high-efficiency cores.

The 35 W TDP is a significant reduction from the 125 W and 65 W power budgets for the unlocked and normal variants of the processors and has resulted in a reduction in boost clocks. The flagship i9-12900T features eight high-performance and eight high-efficiency cores with a maximum boost-clock of 4.9 GHz paired with 20 MB of L3 cache. We also see that all the i3 and i5 models only feature high-performance cores with only the i7 and i9 getting additional high-efficiency cores. FanlessTech reports that these new processors should be available to purchase in early 2022, the complete lineup can be viewed below.





Complete Specifications

• i9-12900T 16 (8+8) 24T 30 MB L3 up to 4.9 GHz UHD Graphics 770
• i7-12700T 12 (8+4) 20T 25 MB L3 up to 4.7 GHz UHD Graphics 770
• i5-12600T 6 (6+0) 12T 18 MB L3 up to 4.6 GHz UHD Graphics 770
• i5-12500T 6 (6+0) 12T 18 MB L3 up to 4.4 GHz UHD Graphics 770
• i5-12400T 6 (6+0) 12T 18 MB L3 up to 4.2 GHz UHD Graphics 730
• i3-12300T 4 (4+0) 8T 12 MB L3 up to 4.2 GHz UHD Graphics 730
• i3-12100T 4 (4+0) 8T 12 MB L3 up to 4.1 GHz UHD Graphics 730

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[excessiveobserver]

Interested to see this because AMD's budget lineup (e.g. 3600) is not as good compared to Intel's 11400 / 11500 offerings, price-wise.

 

[TheGuruStud]

Interested to see this because AMD's budget lineup (e.g. 3600) is not as good compared to Intel's 11400 / 11500 offerings, price-wise.

B/c intel is the budget loser, now. AMD is done with that. I guess you can buy intel if you wanna get made fun of when you tell your friends

 

[excessiveobserver]

B/c intel is the budget loser, now. AMD is done with that. I guess you can buy intel if you wanna get made fun of when you tell your friends

That's a pretty dumb response to an otherwise valid point that Intel's Rocket Lake's budget offerings are much better than AMD's.

 

[TheGuruStud]

That's a pretty dumb response to an otherwise valid point that Intel's Rocket Lake's budget offerings are much better than AMD's.

It's the truth. AMD is not value branded, anymore, and will charge accordingly.

From mindfactory - aug '21. No one cares about RL.

 

[Richards]

This is a good lineup for customers to choose.. looking forward to alder lake on laptopss

 

[ZoneDymo]

Weird to see the lower end parts having a lower end igpu.
Seems to me that would take more effort from Intel to do but apart from that, it's more likely that those won't come with an (aditional) dedicated gpu so it's those parts that benefit from a solid igpu the most.

 

[qcmadness]

Weird to see the lower end parts having a lower end igpu.
Seems to me that would take more effort from Intel to do but apart from that, it's more likely that those won't come with an (aditional) dedicated gpu so it's those parts that benefit from a solid igpu the most.

They don't have the power budget to create good iGPU parts.

 

[ZoneDymo]

They don't have the power budget to create good iGPU parts.

Speaking of power, they also don't have eco cores which....I mean...wasn't that the entire point?

 

[ratirt]

Intel has to release the entire lineup when they have announced Alder Lake. Will those listed above be any good? I kinda doubt it with the graphics they will use. Good for internet search for sure but nothing more aside that. Besides, I'd rather see those in reviews. All numbers Intel have been putting recently have been a stretch.

Speaking of power, they also don't have eco cores which....I mean...wasn't that the entire point?

Yeah. That is weird indeed. Yet the power is so low. Wonder why cause I doubt these P-cores are so efficient. If they were, why even bother with e-cores.

 

[TheGuruStud]

Intel has to release the entire lineup when they have announced Alder Lake. Will those listed above be any good? I kinda doubt it with the graphics they will use. Good for internet search for sure but nothing more aside that. Besides, I'd rather see those in reviews. All numbers Intel have been putting recently have been a stretch.


Yeah. That is weird indeed. Yet the power is so low. Wonder why cause I doubt these P-cores are so efficient. If they were, why even bother with e-cores.

Pl2 is 123 watts, I think. Idk if they have higher PLs. I wouldn't expect anything to change from RL.

 

[londiste]

Strange that E-cores are only there for 8 P-core variants.
I would not expect that to be due to E-cores missing on the die as mobile 4/6 P-core Alder Lakes do have E-cores.

 

[lemoncarbonate]

I thought they just entered 11xxx series not long ago, now they're already at 12xxx? what the...

 

[Crackong]

Document says 35W
Reality > 100W then throttle

 

[Vayra86]

B/c intel is the budget loser, now. AMD is done with that. I guess you can buy intel if you wanna get made fun of when you tell your friends

That's a pretty dumb response to an otherwise valid point that Intel's Rocket Lake's budget offerings are much better than AMD's.

The response is spot on in every possible way, you only confirmed this The fact Intel's budget offering is better but not their top-end is the problem AMD's been suffering not too long ago. They can't compete on performance anymore.

It's the truth. AMD is not value branded, anymore, and will charge accordingly.

From mindfactory - aug '21. No one cares about RL.
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You've all hit the nail on the head. Mindshare has turned around in AMD's favor and they're cashing in for it. Its about damn time they get decent margins on consumer.

I think their GPU momentum really needs ... more momentum. If AMD can present itself as the total chip king that mindshare will go to the moon. Right now, Nvidia still holds that crown for GPU, even if their current offering isn't quite as good as it used to be while AMD's has improved compared to the last decade. AMD is taking WAY too long pushing RDNA2 forward, also in IGPs.

Also @TheGuruStud I read your 'RL' as Real Life and it would fit just as well... I mean let's face it, Intel's bottom half of the stack is exactly the most competitive half they have right now. Anything high performance or 'K' labeled is a TDP shitshow. Intel is going to compete on price and that top end is probably not going places for Alder Lake either.

 

[Readlight]

Country institutions cpu. Becouse they run all day.

 

[Tardian]

zero Gracemont efficiency cores below Core i5-12600K? wtf?

Intel's Entire 12th Gen Alder Lake T-Series 35W Low-Power CPU Lineup Leaks

Intel's Alder Lake T-Series processors include Core i3, Core i5, and Core i9 SKUs rated at 35 watts.

hothardware.com

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

If this is accurate, it blows my theory apart. I assumed that the i3 and i5 would have more efficiency cores than power cores, but enough in total to be easy to market over AMD offerings, like the i3 having 2+4 or 2+6. It certainly makes me question the point of the entire design if the efficiency cores are limited to just some SKUs on mobile. Maybe they are saving those for sub-35W parts?

 

[londiste]

When thinking about the lack of E-cores on lower SKUs I can only think of 2 reasons for this:
1. Dies without E-cores. Unless Intel has desktop-only 6-core this is suspicious. Mobile 4/6-cores so far seem to get E-cores.
2. OS scheduling for different cores is still horrible. This would conceivably hit CPUs with less P-cores and higher P-core frequencies more which would in turn make having both P- and E-cores viable on mobile and not so much on desktop. At the same time in high-end Intel has used suboptimal solutions before to be competitive at least in marketing so 8P+8E could be done even if it is not exactly perfect.

 

[Darmok N Jalad]

When thinking about the lack of E-cores on lower SKUs I can only think of 2 reasons for this:
1. Dies without E-cores. Unless Intel has desktop-only 6-core this is suspicious. Mobile 4/6-cores so far seem to get E-cores.
2. OS scheduling for different cores is still horrible. This would conceivably hit CPUs with less P-cores and higher P-core frequencies more which would in turn make having both P- and E-cores viable on mobile and not so much on desktop. At the same time in high-end Intel has used suboptimal solutions before to be competitive at least in marketing so 8P+8E could be done even if it is not exactly perfect.

I think you might be on to something. Lakefield was a 1+4 approach, and the few products it was in performed pretty bad, and that product is already EOLed. Some considered Lakefield to essentially be a production dev-kit so MS could work on their scheduler.

 

[Why_Me]

It's the truth. AMD is not value branded, anymore, and will charge accordingly.

From mindfactory - aug '21. No one cares about RL.
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Might be a European thing. I posted a gaming build for a Pole the other day that included an 11400F and B560 board along with two reviews w/benchmarks of said cpu (one of those reviews being from this site). He replied 'I'm not sure about that' and instead went with a 5600x and B550 board that was $200 more than the Intel build I posted. As a result he ended up with a crappier graphics card. Not too bright imo.

 

[WhitetailAni]

35W TDP for PL1, or base clock.
Doesn't mean jack squat for PL2 or boost clock.

 

[RedBear]

Speaking of power, they also don't have eco cores which....I mean...wasn't that the entire point?

On desktop probably that was not the point. As far as I can understand the point of the Gracemont cores on desktop is increasing the performance of the CPU without burning the whole damn thing down ("while staying within power and thermal limits", if you want to put it more elegantly). On the lower end models they're probably unnecessary.

 

[Minus Infinity]

35W LOL at 1GHz maybe, will sustain max clocks for 1-2 minutes at a time. Perfect cpu for ultrathin laptops

 

[londiste]

35W LOL at 1GHz maybe, will sustain max clocks for 1-2 minutes at a time. Perfect cpu for ultrathin laptops

For reference, even 11900T base clock is 1.5GHz.