Intel’s Alder Lake i9-12900KS pricing and specs revealed via Newegg

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The i9-12900KS from Intel’s Alder Lake range just had its specs and pricing revealed. Thanks to a listing via Newegg, one of the biggest tech retailers in the US, we now know a lot about Intel’s i9-12900KS. The listing was first spotted by Twitter user @momomo_us, who then shared it around.

Unfortunately, at the time of writing this, the link leads to a blank page on Newegg’s site. This is likely because the page went live earlier than it was supposed to, resulting in Newegg swiftly taking it back down. However, the page was up long enough for all of the necessary info to be scooped up for analysis. To put it straight, Intel’s i9-12900KS looks to be an impressive CPU, with a beefy price tag to match.

The first thing to note about this CPU is the price, and at $799.99 USD, it isn’t cheap. In fact, it’s around $185 USD more than the standard i9-12900K based on Newegg’s prices, so it’s clearly a CPU geared for extreme performance. Along with the higher price, there is a suitable increase to the specs. Intel’s i9-12900KS boasts higher clock speeds for both its E-cores and P-cores.

At base clock, the i9-12900KS’ E-cores run at 2.5 GHz. The E-cores can reach up to at least 4.0 GHz. The P-cores run at a base clock of 3.4 GHz, and can shoot up to 5.5 GHz. For comparison, the i9-12900K’s E-cores run at a max clock of 3.9 GHz, while its P-cores only manage 5.1 GHz. It’s a big jump in the CPU multiplier, and should mean some great gaming potential.

The rest of the specs will seem familiar if you’ve already read our review of the i9-12900K. There’s still 14MB of L2 cache, with 30MB of L3 cache as well. It also has the same iGPU as the i9-12900K with the UHD 770. The only other big difference we can gather from the listing is the PBP