Get ready to experience powerful AAA gaming on the go with the Intel Core i9 12900HX CPU. Announced in January 2022, this flagship mobile processor comes fully equipped with exceptional performance and intelligent features to elevate your gaming experience.
The Intel Alder Lake Series:
Each CPU in the latest Intel Alder Lake series has been expertly crafted to deliver peak performance in gaming, content creation, and so much more!
Intel Alder Lake CPUs come with a combination of two different types of cores. P (performance) and E (efficient). The performance cores have been constructed for single-threaded tasks, whilst efficient cores have been designed to handle any background applications. With Intel Thread Director, this helps to effectively split workloads across these two cores to ensure the best possible performance.
These 12th generation CPUs also come equipped with support for L3 and L2 cache, DDR5, PCIe 5.0, WiFi 6E, and much more!
The Intel Core i9-12900HX:
The Intel Core i9-12900HX is the flagship CPU of the mobile HX series. This CPU has been expertly designed to deliver the same exceptional performance as a desktop CPU.
This mobile processor features eight P- and eight E- cores, to deliver intelligent work and core load management. Both of these can be boosted to reach up to 5.0GHz for blisteringly fast speeds and effortless multitasking in gaming and work alike. You can be playing the latest AAA titles whilst watching your favourite streamer. Or be victorious over your heavy-duty workload with your playlist on in the background.
The increase in power and performance means that the Intel Core i9 12900HX does have a power consumption of 55W. Any gaming laptop that utilises this mobile CPU will need to come fully equipped with a comprehensive cooling solution to ensure it performs at optimum temperatures.
The table below compares the Intel Core i9-12900HX mobile CPU with the desktop Intel Core i9 12900K CPU.
| Intel Core i9 12900HX | Intel Core i9 12900K | |
|---|---|---|
| Cores and Threads | 16 cores and 24 threads | 16 cores and 24 threads |
| P Cores | 8 | 8 |
| E Cores | 8 | 8 |
| Max Turbo P Cores | 5.0GHz | 5.0GHz |
| Max Turbo E Cores | 3.6GHz | 3.6GHz |
| Base Freq P Cores | 2.3GHz | 3.2GHz |
| Base Freq E Cores | 1.7GHz | 2.4GHz |
| Processor Base Power | 55W | 125W |
| Max Turbo Power | 157W | 241W |
Enjoy Powerful Gaming with an Intel Alder Lake CPU:
If you want to upgrade to the latest Intel 12th generation and elevate your gaming performance, here at Overclockers UK we have a plethora of high-quality Intel-based gaming laptops and PCs on offer. We’ve even got some laptops with one of these mobile processors available for pre-order.
Here are some of our favourite PCs that include an Intel Alder Lake CPU down below!
OcUK Gaming Tanto PC:
- Configurable gaming PC
- Customise and tailor the hardware to suit your individual preferences
- Includes a 12th gen Intel Core i3-12100F CPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 GPU
Refract Gaming Jade Pre-Built PC:
- Pre-built gaming PC
- Built and tested by the OcUK team
- Support for VR gaming
- Includes a 12th gen Intel Core i5-12400F CPU and NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 OC GPU
- Includes 3 year parts and labour warranty
OcUK Gaming Cadmium PC:
- Configurable high-end gaming PC
- Choose what hardware you want
- As standard comes with a 12th gen Intel Core i7-12700K CPU and KFA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti GPU
Lenovo Legion 7 i9-12900HX Gaming Laptop:
- Intel Core i9 12900HX CPU
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 Ti
- 32GB DDR5 RAM
- 16.0” QHD screen
- Available for pre-order now
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