Intel’s Alder Lake processors will be more power-hungry than their Rocket Lake predecessors, if the latest from the rumor mill is to be believed.

Chuck plenty of salt around with this one, for sure, but as uncovered by Tom’s Hardware, Chinese tech outfit FCPOWERUP, which majors in power supplies – and has leaked correct info in the past – has claimed (on Weibo) to have obtained Intel’s power requirements for its 12th-gen CPUs.

The info, which is seemingly drawn from Intel specs meant for power supply manufacturers, shows that Alder Lake chips will run with base TDPs of 125W, 65W and 35W, and they’ll mirror the continuous current requirements of Rocket Lake processors (and indeed Comet Lake before that).
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