Intel's Alder Lake product stack to include 35 W T-series desktop processors ideal for fanless mini PCs

From the big Alder Lake leak shared by MLID this June, we know that Intel plans to launch quite a few sub-families aimed at different product stacks. For desktop PCs, Intel is preparing the S1 and S2-series. Then, laptops would get P1 (higher wattage) and P2 (lower wattage) models, while ultra-thin notebooks get a separate M-series, and palm-sized mini PCs get an N-series. Now, according to Fanless Tech, it looks like the desktop stack may also feature a T-series that comes with the same core configurations as the S-series, but gets slightly lower clocks and no overclocking potential due to TDPs being limited to 35W.

Here is the full list of Alder Lake-T models:

• i9-12900T: 16 cores (8 big +8 little) -> 24 threads, 30 MB L3, up to 4.9GHz + UHD Graphics 770
• i7-12700T: 12 (8+4) 20T, 25 MB L3, up to 4.7GHz + UHD Graphics 770
• i5-12600T: 6 (6+0) 12T, 18 MB L3, up to 4.6GHz + UHD Graphics 770
• i5-12500T: 6 (6+0) 12T, 18 MB L3, up to 4.4GHz + UHD Graphics 770
• i5-12400T 6 (6+0) 12T, 18 MB L3, up to 4.2GHz + UHD Graphics 730
• i3-12300T 4 (4+0) 8T, 12 MB L3, up to 4.2GHz + UHD Graphics 730
• i3-12100T 4 (4+0) 8T, 12 MB L3, up to 4.1GHz + UHD Graphics 730

If the current Rocket Lake-T models provide any price indication, each T-series model should cost around $100 less than their S-series K (unlocked) counterparts, meaning that the top of the line i9-12900T would cost around $500. Expect these models to hit retailers in early 2022 at the soonest. Thanks to the new big.LITTLE architecture that combines big multi-threaded cores with little energy-efficient cores, the 35 W T-series could easily power silent small form-factor PCs.

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