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CPUs available are:

* Core i3-8100 [0]

* Core i5-8500 [1]

* Core i7-8700 [2]

All of these are listed as having embedded version available, which I would expect Apple to be using, since embedded versions of desktop SKUs in the iMac.

[0] http://ark.intel.com/products/126688

[1] http://ark.intel.com/products/129939

[2] http://ark.intel.com/products/126686

Probably not. This is 2018 and everything gets soldered down now.

i9-9900k has 16 threads, not 12.

They are probably laptop CPUs, 45 watt version, different socket.

I believe he said expressly that they're higher-power desktop CPUS (reference that the older model used mobile ones).