Intel Desktop CPU Rumors: Raptor Lake Refresh In 2023, Meteor Lake Up To Core i7 With 6+16, Arrow Lake Up To Core i9 With 8+16 SKUs In 2024 - Wccftech

New rumors regarding Intel's next-gen desktop CPU lineup including Raptor Lake Refresh, Meteor Lake & Arrow Lake person been disclosed.

Intel Readies Raptor Lake Refresh Desktop CPUs For Late Q3 2023, Meteor Lake Up To Core i7 & Arrow Lake Up To Core i9 In 2024

Once again, we person the latest rumors coming from Enthusiast Citizen who talks astir astatine slightest 3 upcoming Intel Desktop CPU families. These see the Intel Raptor Lake Refresh, Meteor Lake & Arrow Lake. The details tin beryllium recovered below.

Intel 13th Gen Raptor Lake Refresh Desktop CPU Lineup (2023):

Intel won't beryllium moving distant from its 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs for the bulk of 2023. In fact, the institution plans connected launching a Raptor Lake Refresh household astir the 2nd fractional of 2023, oregon Q3 to beryllium precise. This household volition beryllium based connected a somewhat optimized 10ESF node, allowing the bluish squad to compression 100 oregon 200 MHz much retired of the chips.

The institution volition besides beryllium launching the flagship Core i9-13900KS aboriginal adjacent twelvemonth but that's not a portion of the Raptor Lake Refresh family. A tiny bump successful frequence whitethorn not beryllium noticeable and won't present the aforesaid benignant of gains that AMD offers with its next-gen X3D parts which are expected successful the archetypal fractional of 2023. The 13th Gen Raptor Lake household volition beryllium compatible with the existing Intel LGA 1700/1800 socket.

Intel 14th Gen Meteor Lake Desktop CPU Lineup (2024)

Intel's 14th Gen Meteor Lake-S Desktop CPUs volition instrumentality a measurement backmost and trim the fig of P-Cores portion retaining the fig of E-Cores. The lineup listed successful leaked charts includes 5 antithetic SKU configurations with the apical variants featuring up to 22 cores successful a operation of 6 P-Cores and 16 E-Cores. The P-Cores connected the Meteor Lake CPUs are based connected the brand-new Redwood Cove architecture portion the E-Cores volition utilize the Crestmont design. Both of these are caller and improved architecture arsenic reported by Coelacanth-Dream a fewer weeks back.

The afloat database of configurations includes:

• Meteor Lake-S 22 (6P + 16E) / 4 Xe Cores / 125W TDP
• Meteor Lake-S 22 (6P + 16E) / 4 Xe Cores / 65W TDP
• Meteor Lake-S 22 (6P + 16E) / 4 Xe Cores / 35W TDP
• Meteor Lake-S 14 (6P + 8E) / 4 Xe Cores / 65WTDP
• Meteor Lake-S 14 (6P + 8E) / 4 Xe Cores / 35WTDP

In summation to the SKUs, we besides get to larn that each SKUs volition diagnostic astatine slightest 4 Xe Cores for the iGPU and that's going to connection 64 Execution Units oregon 512 ALUs. That's 2 Xe Cores little than the DG2-powered Arc A310 graphics paper which is the lowest-tier discrete committee successful the household but an integrated GPU with this overmuch capableness volition beryllium connected par oregon adjacent amended than the RDNA 2 iGPU connected AMD's Ryzen 7000 Desktop CPUs. Only the apical dice configuration volition person a 125W "Unlocked" SKU scope portion the remainder volition travel successful the modular "Non-K" and "T" bid with 65W and 35W TDPs.

The 1 happening to enactment present is that the 14th Gen Meteor Lake CPUs volition lone beryllium disposable successful up to Core i7 parts and determination volition beryllium nary Core i9 portion owed to the lowered halfway count. The CPU volition clasp the Intel 4 (CPU) + TSMC N5 (tGPU) + TSMC N6 (SOC) process nodes.

Intel 15th Gen Arrow Lake Desktop CPU Lineup (2024)

The Intel 15th Gen Arrow Lake-S Desktop CPUs volition bring backmost the 24 cores that we get connected Raptor Lake CPUs today. The Arrow Lake-S apical dice volition utilize up to 24 cores which volition beryllium a operation of 8 Performance Cores and 16 Efficiency Cores. According to the Enthusiast Citizen, the lineup volition lone travel successful Core i7 and Core i9 flavors. The CPU volition clasp the Intel 4 (CPU) + TSMC N3 (GPU) SKU node layout. It is rumored that the 20A node won't marque its mode to the desktop lineup. Following is the afloat database of SKUs to expect from the lineup:

• Arrow Lake-S 24 (8P + 16E) / 4 Xe Cores / 125W TDP
• Arrow Lake-S 24 (8P + 16E) / 4 Xe Cores / 65W TDP
• Arrow Lake-S 24 (8P + 16E) / 4 Xe Cores / 35W TDP

Intel Desktop CPU Core Count Progression:

The quality with the Arrow Lake-S lineup is that each of the configurations diagnostic the apical 24 halfway dice and the lone quality is the TDP itself. It is apt that little halfway number SKUs volition beryllium derived from these dies. Intel besides seems to person retained the 4 Xe Cores from the Meteor Lake lineup but we expect these to diagnostic a marque caller Arc graphics architecture. The 14th Gen Meteor Lake chips are based connected a TSMC 5nm GPU architecture portion the 15th Gen Arrow Lake CPUs volition utilize a TSMC 3nm graphics architecture, as we reported here.

We can't accidental for definite if Intel volition clasp the fig of ALUs and EUs arsenic the existing Alchemist chips connected its aboriginal integrated GPUs but the Arrow Lake-P parts are expected to connection up to 2560 Xe Cores which is simply a 5x summation implicit the integrated GPUs connected the desktop parts.

We cognize from previous reports that Intel is preparing a caller socket known arsenic "V" that volition connection enactment for astatine slightest 2 generations of desktop CPUs, the Meteor Lake-S and Arrow Lake-S. This LGA 1851 socket volition beryllium precise akin successful dimensions to the existing LGA 1700/1800 socket but volition connection much pins and added enactment for new/enhanced features.

During its recent investors call, Intel said that they are progressing truly good connected their Intel 4 & Intel 3 products. The 14th Gen Meteor Lake accumulation stepping is scheduled to beryllium delivered this 4th with a measurement ramp successful 2023 portion Intel 3 is besides expected to participate the aboriginal accumulation signifier by the extremity of 2023. Do enactment that these are aboriginal charts and we are inactive years distant from the motorboat of Meteor Lake and Arrow Lake CPUs.

Intel Mainstream CPU Generations Comparison: