Tuesday, March 16th 2021
Intel Launches 11th Gen Core "Rocket Lake": Unmatched Overclocking and Gaming Performance
The 11th Gen Intel Core S-series desktop processors (code-named "Rocket Lake-S") launched worldwide today, led by the flagship Intel Core i9-11900K. Reaching speeds of up to 5.30 GHz with Intel Thermal Velocity Boost, the Intel Core i9-11900K delivers even more performance to gamers and PC enthusiasts.
Engineered on the new Cypress Cove architecture, 11th Gen Intel Core S-series desktop processors are designed to transform hardware and software efficiency and increase raw gaming performance. The new architecture brings up to 19% gen-over-gen instructions per cycle (IPC) improvement for the highest frequency cores and adds Intel UHD graphics featuring the Intel Xe graphics architecture for rich media and intelligent graphics capabilities. That matters because games and most applications continue to depend on high-frequency cores to drive high frame rates and low latency.
With its new 11th Gen desktop processors, Intel continues to push desktop gaming performance to the limits and deliver the most amazing immersive experiences for players everywhere.
At the top of the stack is the 11th Gen Intel Core i9-11900K, featuring unmatched performance with up to 5.3 gigahertz, eight cores, 16 threads and 16 megabytes of Intel Smart Cache. The unlocked 11th Gen Intel Core desktop processor supports fast memory speeds with DDR4-3200 to help enable smooth gameplay and seamless multitasking on this platform.
Improvements in this generation include:
Superior Tuning and Stability: 11th Gen Intel Core desktop processors introduce new overclocking tools and features for more flexible tuning to achieve unmatched speeds and superior game performance. This generation includes real-time memory overclocking which enables changes to DDR4 frequency in real time, extending memory overclocking support for H570 and B560 chipsets allowing users to experience overclocking, Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) 2 and AVX-512 voltage guard band override, and an all new integrated memory controller with wider timings and Gear 2 support (in addition to Gear 1 support).
Media and Streaming Features for Days: The new 11th Gen Intel Core S-series delivers rich media experiences, from AAA gaming to high-definition streaming with additional features including DDR4-3200 MHz support, 20 PCIe 4.0 lanes, Intel Quick Sync Video, enhanced media (10-bit AV1/12bit high-efficiency video coding decode and end-to-end compression), enhanced display (Integrated HDMI 2.0, HBR3), and discrete Thunderbolt 4 and Intel Wi-Fi 6E support.
For more information on Intel 11th Gen Intel Core S-series desktop processors, visit the 11th Gen Intel Core Desktop Processors Product Brief below.
11th Gen Core Processor Models and Pricing (in 1,000-unit tray quantities):
Engineered on the new Cypress Cove architecture, 11th Gen Intel Core S-series desktop processors are designed to transform hardware and software efficiency and increase raw gaming performance. The new architecture brings up to 19% gen-over-gen instructions per cycle (IPC) improvement for the highest frequency cores and adds Intel UHD graphics featuring the Intel Xe graphics architecture for rich media and intelligent graphics capabilities. That matters because games and most applications continue to depend on high-frequency cores to drive high frame rates and low latency.
At the top of the stack is the 11th Gen Intel Core i9-11900K, featuring unmatched performance with up to 5.3 gigahertz, eight cores, 16 threads and 16 megabytes of Intel Smart Cache. The unlocked 11th Gen Intel Core desktop processor supports fast memory speeds with DDR4-3200 to help enable smooth gameplay and seamless multitasking on this platform.
Improvements in this generation include:
- Up to 19% gen-over-gen IPC performance improvement.
- Up to 50% better integrated graphics performance with Intel UHD graphics featuring Intel Xe graphics architecture.
- Intel Deep Learning Boost and Vector Neural Network Instructions support to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) inference—vastly improving performance for deep learning workloads.
- Enhanced overclocking tools and features for flexible overclocking and tuning performance and experience.
Superior Tuning and Stability: 11th Gen Intel Core desktop processors introduce new overclocking tools and features for more flexible tuning to achieve unmatched speeds and superior game performance. This generation includes real-time memory overclocking which enables changes to DDR4 frequency in real time, extending memory overclocking support for H570 and B560 chipsets allowing users to experience overclocking, Advanced Vector Extensions (AVX) 2 and AVX-512 voltage guard band override, and an all new integrated memory controller with wider timings and Gear 2 support (in addition to Gear 1 support).
Media and Streaming Features for Days: The new 11th Gen Intel Core S-series delivers rich media experiences, from AAA gaming to high-definition streaming with additional features including DDR4-3200 MHz support, 20 PCIe 4.0 lanes, Intel Quick Sync Video, enhanced media (10-bit AV1/12bit high-efficiency video coding decode and end-to-end compression), enhanced display (Integrated HDMI 2.0, HBR3), and discrete Thunderbolt 4 and Intel Wi-Fi 6E support.
For more information on Intel 11th Gen Intel Core S-series desktop processors, visit the 11th Gen Intel Core Desktop Processors Product Brief below.
254 Comments on Intel Launches 11th Gen Core "Rocket Lake": Unmatched Overclocking and Gaming Performance
Everyone should try both though wish people could sit down with a 3900X or 10700k or 3700X or 10600k or 3600 etc and realize how close everything is these days.........
I have pretty extensive in person hand on experience with both and they are all great....
I got a 10500 currently. Could either get a 11700 as well, which would finally take advantage of my ddr4 3600 ram (z490 gaming plus) and I could have the benefits of PCIE 4.0
But then again, there really isn't much to any benefit at all.
I'm thinking - would a 10850 be better or 11700 and be able to use PCIE 4.0?
Thinking out loud
Think of how completely insane it would sound to hear "Gee, I'm so glad the price of my Brother laser printer more than doubled vs the competition and Brother's own 3x previous models in the same range because HP has been stuck on the same render print speeds for 5 years", or "I hope every PSU manufacturer except Corsair go out of business because they're my favourite" or "The Coolermaster 212 EVO hasn't changed much. Therefore I think BeQuiet should increase their prices across their range..." That's exactly how completely f**king dumb CPU / GPU fanboys sound on tech sites on an almost daily basis but always seem to lack the self-awareness to step back and listen to how that would sound to talk the same way about literally any other component / peripheral in the same PC...
AMD had to claw back respect and trust from everywhere, consumers, businesses, everywhere and everyone, so they came out swinging with Ryzen, multi cores for the masses.
And with Ryzen they were outdoing Intel in a lot of areas, just not gaming and perhaps stuff like photoshop, now with the 5000 series they got the crown across the board and I think its only fair that a price jump accompanies such a feat.
Now with Intel its a bit of an opposite story, king of the hill with the 2600k and then it was all boring from there on, "if their isnt competition, there is no need to innovate" is I guess Intel's way, and then when Ryzen came out they had to answer and just slapped more cores on the same architecture over and over and over again... and NOW this frankenstein 11th series could have been something special....but it isnt, its teh same performance and maxes out at 8 cores and apperently is quite hot....and then they ask these prices....
and sure they can ask what they think they can get away with, but you mistake fanboyism here for potential clients voicing their opinion that no, in fact, they cannot get away with these prices, we wont be buying these.
and why is there only one single listing in my whole country that allows for pre order (release 30.3.2021)
"Intel will definitely be cheaper than the ridiculously expensive Zen3. "
Intel:
"11900K with 8 cores for $540."
AMD:
$550 5900X 12 cores with probably better single thread performance, overwhelmingly better multi thread performance yet lower power consumption: "Hold my beer!"
10 SEK = 0.99€. VAT = 25%
www.netonnet.se/art/datorkomponenter/processor/intel-socket-1200/intel-core-i7-11700k-50ghz/1016675.17290/
www.netonnet.se/art/datorkomponenter/processor/intel-socket-1200/intel-core-i7-11700kf-50ghz/1016681.17290/
www.netonnet.se/art/datorkomponenter/processor/amdsocketam4/amd-ryzen-7-5800x-3-8-ghz/1015001.13677/
www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX00116421
10850 $509 cad
www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX00113839
AMD 5800X $639 cad
www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX00114452
Currently, at least for Canadians, the prices of the Intel is better. I of course rare if ever use a standard desktop these days and either use workstation processors (currently using a E5 1620 v3 in my workstation ) or a Intel 10500 ES chip in my desktop.
All of the i9 models are stupid because of pricing for 8-core parts. They're not even competitive with their own existing products, let alone the competition, and we know they run HOT HOT HOT. We all thought 9th and 10th Gen were each as bad as it was going to get, but apparently Intel doesn't have a problem with 300W CPUs in a consumer socket.
All of the i3 models are pointless because of their stupid product segmentation cutting out performance, support, and features. If you don't need cores/performance get the G6405 for $64. It'll do practically everything any of the i3s do at the same speed and if you actually need multi-threaded performance, a pissy quad core isn't the answer.
The i7-11700/11700F look okay on paper. Street price of $100 less than a 5800X, give or take - a good match with some DDR4-3200 and a sensibly-priced H470 board. K series make little sense unless you're an Intel fanboy and want inferior performance and ridiculous power consumption and cost the same or more once you've been forced to spend on a Z-series board and premium RAM - which still won't close the gap to a 5800X with affordable B550/DDR4-3600.
The i5-11500F looks interesting as much cheaper 5600X competitor. No it won't be as fast or as efficient but there's no denying the $299 MSRP on the 5600X is too high. I expect the street price to be closer to $180 and if any Intel chip makes AMD release a cheaper 6-core Zen3 part, it'll be this one. IMO, this is the chip to buy in 2021 unless AMD responds.
for at least 4 yearssince 2018. So why anyone (probably those coming from DDR3) would find it hard to keep their RAM when upgrading from Zen 1/2 or6700K/7700K/8700KSkylake is anyone's guess. Or does the average consumer throw away everything when they upgrade? :confused:But let fanboyism reign supreme because you can’t buy what you want, when you want, how you want and at the price you want which sounds like a whole lot of selfishness with nary a drop of understanding of how a business works...
Wouldn't it be more consitent to compare all unlocked K and X models?
www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX00115937
10900F - $470 CAD
www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX81340
11700(non K) - $450
www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX00116421
10700 - $370
www.memoryexpress.com/Products/MX00112538
So the 11700 falls near the cheapest 10/20 Intel processor by -$20CAD.
In the end, what matters if PCIe 4.0 matters or not in performance. So far, its purely synthetic and nothing really noticeable or beneficial in anything - especially gaming. So I would say that it may not be worth grabbing the newer chips and a 10900F would be a far better buy or if you are OK with going cheaper, than a 10700 or lower is sufficient. Or AMD's 3000 series CPU's.
www.anandtech.com/show/16343/intel-core-i710700-vs-core-i710700k-review-is-65w-comet-lake-an-option
And what is that Anandtech review about a 65w comet lake have to do with Math?
You are gonna have to up your game if you want to troll with me son.