Sunday, July 9th 2023
Report Claims that Intel Raptor Lake Refresh Debuting in October
Chinese tech tipster Enthusiast Citizen (ECSM) has once again posted about upcoming Intel CPU product launches—according to an inside info post (published via Bilibili), Team Blue has possibly scheduled their Raptor Lake Refresh/14th Gen Core K-series for a release window around the 42nd week of 2023 (October 17 - 23). ECSM posits that non-K models will arrive during the first week of 2024, coinciding with January's CES trade event. The Core i7-14700K model is said to feature a new configuration of 8 Performance and 12 Efficiency cores, and current LGA1700 motherboards will most likely require a firmware upgrade to run this specific SKU.
ECSM also seems to have insider information regarding motherboard chipsets for desktop Arrow Lake/15th Gen Core, although they cannot determine an accurate time frame for the (fully new) product launch. Intel Z890, B860 and H810 chipsets are named as possible upcoming candidates for proper next generation CPUs, with H870 allegedly dropped from development. ECSM claims that a competing AMD Zen 5 lineup is not arriving this year—prior insider information was perhaps fabricated. They believe that Storm Peak (Zen 4 Threadripper) is scheduled for Q4 2023, with two unnamed chipsets lined up to accompany this next-gen HEDT platform.
Sources:
ECSM Official on Bilibili, VideoCardz
ECSM also seems to have insider information regarding motherboard chipsets for desktop Arrow Lake/15th Gen Core, although they cannot determine an accurate time frame for the (fully new) product launch. Intel Z890, B860 and H810 chipsets are named as possible upcoming candidates for proper next generation CPUs, with H870 allegedly dropped from development. ECSM claims that a competing AMD Zen 5 lineup is not arriving this year—prior insider information was perhaps fabricated. They believe that Storm Peak (Zen 4 Threadripper) is scheduled for Q4 2023, with two unnamed chipsets lined up to accompany this next-gen HEDT platform.
67 Comments on Report Claims that Intel Raptor Lake Refresh Debuting in October
For now I'm still good with my i7 12700K.
The change this time may be less, but it still gives those with Intel 600 and 700 series motherboards, subject to BIOS updates, the choice of what they want to do. And early 'next-gen processor' BIOS updates have already been issued by some vendors for some boards. This will give Intel a 3 year platform for the first time so again no complaints from existing owners. New buyers can take their choice. There is always the allure of the new...
I suppose they probably could do something with a P core only unlocked chip though and maybe combine it with a more robust integrated GPU. I mean 10c or 12c K model P chip with a more beefy iGPU!!? I don't think their doing that, but it could probably fit within the product stack and have some appeal to it. Now a 4P/6P core unlocked chip with a lot beefier iGPU that would be neat to see.
Is Intel Deep Link basically their version of Nvidia Optimus or is it something a bit different and more complex/practical benefit!!?
Some of the engineers work on refinement gens, some work on next-gen
From a efficiency standpoint the 13900 non-K chip and the 13900T are impressive so the follows might be close to the 13900KF, but at those low power draw figures. If that's the case that's quite nice for a minor refresh with moderately low expectations.
Raptor Lake refresh is only going to be good for those on pre Zen 3 or pre Alder Lake platforms.
Consoomers will see that number go up and shell out for the new chips, regardless if they are better. This is why AMD and Nvidia re-branded low end cards for years, to the point that fermi was being sold well in 2015.
Why wouldn't they call the 8+12 variant 14800?
We have xx400, xx500, xx600, xx700 and xx900. They now want to release a new never before seen core config and still call it xx700. Is there some bizarre superstitious problem with the number 8 in the US?
I agree that The PL2 can be brutal, but you are not supposed to run at that wattage beyond 1 minute.
Intel having to stay on 10nm is an issue, but boards manufacturers trying to get ahead of each other are also giving those chips a bad reputation.
It's a safe bet to assume Intel will realistically push things in both directions towards both lower and higher power usage across the product stack so we'll have Celeron sipping power scenario and Pentium 4 toaster at the top scenario with the KF chip variant.
It's a pity they didn't mention a new chipset for the refresh because if they'd slide in another x4 PCIE lanes that added flexibility would be nice especially if they didn't just try to insert another Gen 5 M.2 automatically, but it would be good either way.