We’ve seen a string of Alder Lake leaks as of late, but most were related to how well Intel’s upcoming Core i9-12900K CPU performs against AMD’s Ryzen…
In brief: We’re only a few weeks away from Alder Lake’s official reveal, so it should be no surprise that more leaks are surfacing online. The latest one seems to suggest that Intel’s 12th generation CPUs will have a robust memory controller that will allow enthusiasts to push DDR5 memory higher than DDR4 has ever gone. We’ve seen a string of Alder Lake leaks as of late, but most were related to how well Intel’s upcoming Core i9-12900K CPU performs against AMD’s Ryzen 9 5950X, which is the current performance king. The Core i9-12900K, at least in its early incarnations, seems to be the best desktop part to come out of Team Blue’s lab in a while, but there are still too many unknowns left to make a clear judgment about its potential. There’s been a lot of speculation around DDR5 and how it will influence Alder Lake’s performance in specific scenarios such as gaming. The new CPUs will support both DDR4 and DDR5, and most of the leaks we’ve seen so far have been from a Core i9-12900K paired with DDR5 memory. If a new leak from Twitter user REHWK is valid, Alder Lake CPUs will come with a robust memory controller that will be a gift to enthusiasts who love to take RAM to the extreme.
