Furthermore, with the right tuning, it's even faster at gaming than the previous-gen $549 Core i9-11900K flagship
I'll take this article with a pinch of salt.
Also, yeah, let's compare a currently unreleased chip with 2 year old AMD chip and claim that this chip is faster. Sure, why not. Good job Intel.
Seriously, why is Intel trying so hard? These supposed "leaks" are obvious attempts at building a hype way before the product hits the market. We all know current gen i5 will not beat last gen i9, that's not how things work. It will be a huge leap if it beats i7 itself, which I don't think can happen either.