Intel has just shown what are its novelties for CES 2022 in Las Vegas. Among them are the new mobile processors for laptops, and the consumer-oriented desktop processors of the Alder Lake series, new motherboards for Alder Lake and the extension of the Intel EVO signature with Evolution and Vpro.
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New Intel Alder Lake Mobile CPUs
Intel's strong announcement for CES 2022 is that it will soon launch CPUs based on the Alder Lake architecture, designed for notebooks. The H-series is the range for enthusiasts with a power of 45 W, the P series is a performance for lightweight notebooks with a power of 28 W, and the U series will be for ultrathin and ultralight, with a power of 15 and 9 W.
From Intel they promise that the Alder Lake H-series CPUs will be the most powerful portable CPUs on the market to date. As the Alder Lake on the market already are, they are the fastest and are designed for gamers and content creators such as video editors and 3D animators. The fact that they are for laptops will not prevent them from having features that desktop CPUs already have such as models with up to 14 cores mixing efficiency and performance cores, Intel Thread Director and connectivity with WiFi 6E, Thunderbolt 4, PCIe 55.0 and compatibility with DDR4 and DDR5.
| Córdoba | Number of processors | Threads | Performance cores | Efficiency cores | L3 cache | Max Turbo Frequency | Base power | Intel vPro Cataloging |
| i9-12900HK | 14 | 20T | 6 | 8 | 24 MB | 5.0 GHz | 45 W | Essentials |
| i9-12900H | 14 | 20T | 6 | 8 | 24 MB | 5.0 GHz | 45 W | Enterprise |
| i7-12800H | 14 | 20T | 6 | 8 | 24 MB | 4.8 GHz | 45 W | Enterprise |
| i7-12700H | 14 | 20T | 6 | 8 | 24 MB | 4.7 GHz | 45 W | Essentials |
| i7-12650H | 10 | 16T | 6 | 4 | 24 MB | 4.7 GHz | 45 W | - |
| i5-12600H | 12 | 16T | 4 | 8 | 18 MB | 4.5 GHz | 45 W | Enterprise |
| i5-12500H | 12 | 16T | 4 | 8 | 18 MB | 4.5 GHz | 45 W | Essentials |
| i5-12450H | 8 | 12T | 4 | 4 | 12 MB | 4.4 GHz | 45 W | - |
Core i9 12900HK is the most powerful for notebooks, beating Apple's M1 Max. It allows moving new games such as Guardians of the Galaxy or Hitman 3. Improved speed compared to X, with a 28% improvement in League of Legends, and improving the visual parity in games that depend a lot on the CPU itself.
The entire Adobe and Autodesk suite fares better than the same 11th gen CPU. Blender takes 30% less time to render, and is 22% better in Crossmark Creativity Scenario.
New Intel Alder Lake Desktop CPUs for Consumers
They are adding 22 new 12-generation Alder Lake CPU models to their portfolio. Together with them, they will launch dedicated laminar heatsinks such as the Intel Laminar RH1 Cooler for the i9, Intel Laminar RM1 Cooler for the i-7, i-5 and i-3; and Intel Laminar RS1 Cooler for Intel Pentium and Intel Celeron.
New Intel 600 Chipsets
After launching the Z690 platform for Intel Alder Lake, Intel has unveiled the H2022, B670 and H660 platforms at CES 610, designed for a wide range of users with tighter budgets than would be done with a Z690. They estimate that there will be more than 200 models of boards for Intel Alder Lake in the first quarter of 2021. Below we put a table with the differences of each platform.
| Feature | Z690 | B670 | B660 | H610 |
| Efficiency and performance core overclocking | Yes | No | No | No |
| Memory Overclocking | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Memory system channels | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| DMI 4.0 rails | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| PCie 4.0 rails | Up to 12 | Up to 12 | Up to 6 | Not available |
| PCie 3.0 rails | Up to 8 | Up to 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Maximum USB ports 2 | 14 | 14 | 12 | 10 |
| Maximum USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 (20G) ports | 4 | 2 | 2 | Not available |
| Maximum USB 3.2 Gen 2x1 (10G) ports | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Maximum USB 3.2 Gen 1x1 (5G) ports | 10 | 8 | 6 | 4 |
| Intel Rapid Storage Technology 19.x support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Intel VMD support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| PCIe Storage Support | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| RAID 0,1,5 support | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Integrated WiFi 6E | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
New specifications for the Intel evo signature
After the success of the Intel Evo firm for laptops that meet minimum specifications and have made it a seal of quality, they have announced that they are going for the Intel Evo 3rd Edition catalog. This edition now asks for improvements in multitasking while making videoconferences, as they are designed for remote work. They will have built-in AI sound cancellation, better Wi-Fi, better battery life, Intel Connectitive Productivity Suite integration, and AI camera effects.
The H-series CPUs join the Intel Evo alongside the 35 and 45 W TDP Alder Lake. Its integrated graphics will be equivalent to the upcoming GÛs Intel Arc Alchemist, and will be seen on larger screens. The label will be changed to show that new generation under the name vPRO.
Many accessories will be adapted to take advantage of Intel Evo. The Engineered for Intel Evo Laptos program enables peripherals to take advantage of Intel Evo capabilities. They already do it on thunderbolt and will soon expand it to Bluetooth. Intel Evo Pro will be the highest level qualification designed for companies and professionals and will be their new standard of quality.
