Last week we reported on leaked rumors about Intel’s 12th generation Alder Lake processor clocks and benchmarksAmong them, the performance of i9-12900K has a chance to surpass AMD’s 16-core. If true, everyone must be curious about what the price will be. Although there is no news about the possible MSRP suggested selling price, recently, someone has quietly sold the Intel Core i9-12900K QS version on the Chinese black market, and the price is surprisingly high, more than 1,000 US dollars.
Intel Core i9-12900K QS version quietly goes on sale on China’s black market
According to a report by foreign media Tom’s Hardware, an earlierYuki Anho-YuuKi_AnS Sharing news about the Intel Core i9-12900K QS version on bilibili, a Chinese merchant is mysteriously selling this processor, priced at 6900~7500 yuan, about US$1,064 to US$1,157, and the price is that day, which means it may be more expensive or cheaper the next day. In addition, he also revealed that the motherboard is even much more expensive than the CPU:
Although at this stage of release and sale, things are rare and expensive, so it is natural that the Intel Core i9-12900K QS version is so expensive. However, if you refer to the previously rumored powerful running scores and the performance improvement so much, it also makes people a little worried that the price of the next generation Alder Lake processor will not increase (a lot).
The report also pointed out that the Chinese seller only accepts wholesale, with a minimum of 100 units, and seems unwilling to sell motherboards. This is a bit exaggerated, and it means that people who want to buy may need to find ways to buy separate motherboards.
In addition to running scores, a few days agoChinaSomeone also broke the news about the specifications of i9-12900K, i7-12700K, and i5-12600K:
- i9-12900K is expected to have 8 large cores and 8 small cores. The large cores have 1~2 maximum clocks up to 5.3GHz, fully turned to 5.0GHz, and the small cores have 1~4 maximum clocks of 3.9GHz, fully turned 3.7GHz. They have 30MB L3 Cache, PL1 is 125W, and PL2 is 228W.
- The i7-12700K is expected to have 8 large cores and 4 small cores. The large cores have 1~2 maximum clocks up to 5.0GHz, fully open to 4.7GHz, and the small cores have 1~2 maximum clocks of 3.8GHz, fully open to 3.6GHz. They have 25MB L3 Cache, PL1 is 125W, and PL2 is 228W.
- The i5-12600K is expected to have 6 large cores and 4 small cores. The large cores have 1~2 maximum clocks up to 4.9GHz, fully open to 4.5GHz, and the small cores have 1~2 maximum clocks up to 3.6GHz, fully open to 3.4GHz. They have 20MB L3 Cache, PL1 is 125W, and PL2 is 228W.
Source: KOCPC Chinese