Intel’s unreleased Core i9-12900K processor goes on sale early

Intel hasn’t even formally introduced its new Core i9-12900K processor, however it’s already been bought by a retailer. The unreleased CPU is predicted to be the flagship for Intel’s new line of Alder Lake processors, providing an opportunity to reclaim the efficiency crown from AMD.

A Reddit poster, noticed by Techspot, managed to buy two Core i9-12900K processors in retail packaging from an unnamed retailer for $610 per CPU. An identical mix-up occurred earlier this 12 months, when retailers began promoting Intel’s Rocket Lake CPUs almost a month earlier than their launch.

The Reddit poster has revealed numerous pictures of the unreleased Core i9-12900K processor in its retail packaging, which matches leaks from earlier this month. The field features a wafer decoration, however it doesn’t element the processor frequency and even its core depend. As Z690 motherboards aren’t but accessible, the processor is ineffective with out them, so the Reddit poster can’t submit benchmarks or any details about the Core i9-12900K.

We’re nonetheless ready on Intel to formally element its flagship processor, and the motherboards that may help it. A lot of Asus Z690 motherboards leaked earlier today, however with out specs or function lists.

Intel is rumored to be launching its Alder Lake desktop CPUs, with the flagship Core i9-12900K, later this month. Alder Lake will function Intel’s newest hybrid structure: a mixture of each efficiency and effectivity x86 cores. Alder Lake may even embrace help for DDR5, PCIe Gen 5, Thunderbolt 4, and Wi-Fi 6E.