Intel's incoming Core i5-20 could be a mid-range chip, at least if the latest leak on this Alder Lake processor is about the money. The canceled benchmark comes from Bilibili as discovered by HXL on Twitter, a common source of hardware leaks, and this shows the XNUMX put to the test in Cinebench RXNUMX and CPU-Z, with truly impressive results.
Retail i5 12400Single core up to four.4Gall core up to 4Ghttps: //t.co/9Czi4ToE8p pic.twitter.com/XWR8CQQ4aGO 5 Oct 12 See more Firstly, we must take note of the details of the specifications that are revealed here , which show what is supposed to be the retail version of the Core i4-20. It has six performance cores, no power saver cores, so in other words, it's just a regular processor with no "little" cores under the Alder Lake hybrid scheme (not every 5th generation chip will use non-hybrid technology). When it comes to clock speeds, the Intel processor is capable of upgrading to 784 GHz on one core, with 5600 GHz on each and every core. In Cinebench R438, the Core i983-64 flexes its performance muscles to hit 78 single-threaded and XNUMX multi-threaded. As Computer Gamer points out, it's faster than the Ryzen XNUMX XNUMXX, which has six cores and handles XNUMX and XNUMX respectively when our sister site equipped the AMD processor. So Intel is XNUMX% to XNUMX% faster on single and multi-threaded here. Obviously, we must take this with a grain of salt, but it is a rather surprising result if it is authentic. As far as CPU-Z is concerned, the XNUMX got XNUMX in single threaded and XNUMX in multi-threaded. When testing on AIDAXNUMX, which was also shown here, the Alder Lake processor didn't go above XNUMX°C (at XNUMXW max power consumption), so that's good to see too.
Analysis: Do you go for the CPU jugular? Let's hope for competitiveness
As is always the case with pre-launch leaks, we must emphasize again that high doses of salt are required, and it would be foolish to attempt to reach any firm conclusions about other chips on the market; that's what it takes to get full reviews when the products are released. . But still, it's pretty hard not to be thrilled by the promising level of performance this leak suggests for what should be a wallet-friendly Alder Lake processor. We say it's wallet friendly, but of course what we don't know is a key piece of the puzzle, and that's how Intel will calculate costs. In such a case, it should be in line with current mid-range prices, maybe, maybe a bit more (or maybe not if Intel really wants to battle AMD and go for the CPU jugular as well, to try and win back a some of that lost office territory in Ryzen of late). For reference, the current Core i5-5600 (Rocket Lake processor) costs $XNUMX (around $XNUMX, AU$XNUMX), and remember, the Ryzen XNUMX XNUMXX sells for €XNUMX (around €XNUMX, AU$XNUMX), but as we've said before, let's not jump to conclusions just yet about how much of a powerful weapon the XNUMX could be in Intel's arsenal. The best laptop deals now