Intro

Intel's special sauce

A note about Windows 11 and test setup

Gaming results

Productivity results

Did Intel cheat?

Power consumption

Thermal performance - Intel's still selling space heaters

Value and conclusion - 12600K > 12900K

Intro

Alder Lake Architecture

12th Gen H-Series

P-Cores and E-Cores

Thread Director Performance Monitoring

Memory Controller

PCI Express Connectivity

Platform Controller Hub

Overclocking

Closing

Introducing Alder Lake

Scalability

Performance Hybrid Architecture

Multi-Threaded Performance

Alder Lake Memory

DDR4 & DDR5 Memory

PCI Express 5

WiFi 6E

High-Performance Interconnects

Conclusion

Intel Alder Lake

P Cores vs E Cores

Intel Thread Director is IMPORTANT

DDR4 vs DDR5 Memory

PCIe Gen5 Support Explained

New Socket means New COOLERS

Alder Lake, To be Continued

Intro

Some salty performance numbers

Is it really all that different? (yes)

Threads need Direction

Watt's a TDP? Enter PBP and MTP

Built on some number of nanometers Intel now calls 7

PCI Express gen 4 is already obsolete, except it's not

DDR5 XMP DMBT (but also DDR4)

Pricing and availability

What is a Press Kit

Sponsor Spot

Boxes vs Retail Product

From The Marketing Perspective

Intel Top Trumps

Intel Alder Lake Press Kit

i9-12900K and i5-12600K CPUs

SK Hynix 2x32GB DDR5-4800B

DDR5 Socket Info

MSI Z690 Carbon Wi-Fi

Corsair H150i Elite Capellix

MSI Alder Lake Press Kit

Core i9-12900K from MSI

Kingston 2x16GB DDR5-5200

MSI Z690 Unify Box

MSI Coreliquid S360 SLC

Media Kits are Sometimes Silly

MSI Z690 Unify Board

Why a PS/2 Port?

What does this all mean?

Squirrel Tax

Intro

Whokeys sponsored segment

Windows 11 Issues

Software Issues

Adobe Updates

RAM DDR4 vs DDR5 dilemma

DDR5 Issues

End

Efficient Cores

Hybrid Performance

Intel Thread Director

Thread Director Spinning State

Thread Director Phases

Thread Director & Power Throttling API

Alder Lake Design Points

Performance Hybrid Architecture

PCIe Gen 5 Support

Dynamic Power Scaling

Intel Alder Lake Architecture Day

Key Details & Intel’s Main Challenge

Core Design & Layout

New Technologies & Block Diagrams

Intel Performance Cores

Intel Efficient Cores

Thread Director Workload Scheduler

Fabric & Connections

Conclusion & Final Thoughts

Whisper Quiet Operation

Easily Run Numerous Programs

Support High Resolution Gaming

Rapid and Fluid Gameplay

Amazing 4k Ultra Hd Streaming

Google Assistant Is a Breeze

12th Gen H-Series Mobile Processors

Alder Lake gaming performance

12th Gen Intel Core P-Series

Intel acquires Screen8

Intel Arc Discrete GPUs

Intel Deep Link

Deep Link

Skeptical about Alder Lake

Current Intel: Lakefield

Current Intel: Tiger Lake

Current Intel: Rocket Lake

Intel Core 12th Gen at CES

CRBs: Mobile or Desktop?

LGA1700 is 500 more pins. Why?

Supporting two versions of DDR

Combo Skylake board with DDR3 and DDR4

Motherboard DDR4 vs DDR5 issues

Intro to DDR5

DDR5 state of play

Core 13th Gen on DDR4? Psh

Wait for DDR5?

Intel Hybrid Technology Designs

The OS issue and scheduler hacks

Lakefield Teething Issues

Windows Scheduler vs Apple

Instruction Sets on Hybrid

Review 8+8 vs 8+0

Benefits for Mobile Platforms

Alder Lake vs AMD

IPC Increases - HOW?!?!

Marketing

CAT TAX

Intel 12th Gen Laptops EXPLAINED

3 NEW FAMILIES (H, P & U SERIES)

Alder Lake Mobile Architecture Explained

12th gen H-series RUNDOWN

Gaming Performance vs 11th gen

Gaming Performance vs AMD 5000H

Performance vs APPLE Silicon

12th gen P-series RUNDOWN

12th gen U-series RUNDOWN

Wrap-Up

Key Features

Efficient Cores

Socket & Coolers

Hybrid Architecture

Cinebench R20 Results

Blender 3D Rendering

CSGO Benchmark

DDR4 vs DDR5 Power Consumption

Conclusion

Outro

ADL's exactly what was promised, people forgot how ahead AMD is…

Nevertheless, Alder Lake is the biggest Intel launch in a decade!

How does Alder Lake stack up against Zen 3?

Look forward to H670 Mobos with Cheap DDR4 non-K i5’s in Q1!

I recommend Alder Lake now, but look forward to AMD’s Q1 Refresh!

Four reasons why AMD might not lower prices much…

(1) AMD has a logistical advantage selling an established platform

(2) Everything is selling…and Zen 3 isn’t entirely “worse” than ADL

(3) Most Gamers don’t want to upgrade to Windows 11

(4) The biggest reason AMD might not drop Zen 3 prices

The price drop I would do if I was in charge at AMD

Concluding Thoughts – Intel is back, but not in charge...

Intro

Alder Lake P vs H

Alder Lake-P Specs

Cinebench Results

Cinebench R23

Intel Core i5-1240P Results

Alder Lake Laptops & Arc Alchemist GPUs