Things seem to be moving forward regarding the commercialization of the Core i9-12900KS As a reminder, this CPU will be the new top of the range of the Alder Lake family, a declination sorted from the best 12900K. A date of marketing seems to become clearer too. We evoke the 3rd of March.
Core i9-12900KS : max TDP at 260W, plan a real cooling budget
The future i9-12900KS keeps thesame configuration as the 12900K, that is to say 16 cores and 24 threads: 8 high performance cores (P-Core) with HyperThreading as well as 8 energy saving cores (E-Core). The special feature of the 12900KS is that up to 2 P-Core cores can reach a Turbo frequency of 5.50 GHz, 300 MHz higher than the “K” model, while the 8 high-performance cores can simultaneously reach a frequency of 5.20 GHz (+200 MHz compared to the 12900K). For now, the frequencies of the E-Core cores are unknown. Finally, the most important information was revealed by @momomo_us. The latter gives us precise data on the final power consumption of this CPU. Although the TDP will be 150W, 25W more than the original model, the maximum consumption at Turbo frequencies will be 260W, 19W more than the Core i9-12900K. This is not a big increase in power consumption, but it should be taken into account that already the 241W of the 12900K requires a solid cooling system, so you should not neglect this equipment and these 260W of TDP Max if you intend to equip yourself. Our serial leaker also revealed that the base frequency of the CPU will finally be 3.40 GHz (+200 MHz vs. 12900K).
