Intel at CES 2022: Intel Core i9-12900KS Chip Launched with 5.5GHz Clock Speed

US chip maker Intel has announced one of its most powerful chips ever intel core i9-12900KS from the company’s “Elder Lake” line of 12th generation CPUs Intel The Core i9-12900KS was announced during the ongoing CES 2022 and comes with a 5.5GHz boost clock speed on a single core and is also capable of clocking 5.2GHz on all cores while performing heavy-duty tasks. The new processor comes as a special edition offering from Intel and is identical to the Intel Core i9-12900K CPU that sports eight performance cores and eight efficiency cores.

Now, this is the first special edition Intel chipset after the Intel Core i9-9900KS which was launched back in 2019. Similar to its sibling, the Intel Core i9 12900KS also comes with eight performance cores and eight efficiency cores. According to Intel, the processor delivers 40 percent more performance than the previous generation. The company, during its presentation, ran a live demo of the CPU running hitman 3, The CPU shown here maintained a clock speed of 5.2GHz on all eight performance cores. Intel hasn’t yet provided details on how much power the new Intel Core i9-12900KS will receive or how much it will cost, but it is said to be one of the company’s most powerful chips.