Monday, July 10th 2023
Intel Core i7-14700K has an 8P+12E Core Configuration
The upcoming Core i7-14700K "Raptor Lake Refresh" processor has a core configuration of 8P+12E. That's 8 "Raptor Cove" performance cores, and 12 "Gracemont" efficiency cores spread across 3 E-core clusters. Compared to the i7-13700K, which has been carved out of the "Raptor Lake-S" silicon by disabling 2 out of the 4 available E-core clusters and reducing the L3 cache size to 30 MB from the 36 MB present; the i7-14700K gets an additional E-core cluster, and increases the shared L3 cache size to 33 MB, besides dialing up the clock speeds on both the P-cores and E-cores in comparison to the i7-13700K.
The processor likely has a P-core base frequency of 3.70 GHz, with a 5.50 GHz P-core maximum boost. In comparison, the i7-13700K tops out at 5.40 GHz P-core boost. An alleged i7-14700K engineering sample in the wild has been put through Cinebench R23, where it scores 2192 points in the single-threaded test, and 36296 points in the multi-threaded test. The processor also scored 14988.5 points in the CPU-Z Bench multi-threaded test. Intel is expected to release its 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" desktop processors some time in October 2023.
Sources:
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The processor likely has a P-core base frequency of 3.70 GHz, with a 5.50 GHz P-core maximum boost. In comparison, the i7-13700K tops out at 5.40 GHz P-core boost. An alleged i7-14700K engineering sample in the wild has been put through Cinebench R23, where it scores 2192 points in the single-threaded test, and 36296 points in the multi-threaded test. The processor also scored 14988.5 points in the CPU-Z Bench multi-threaded test. Intel is expected to release its 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh" desktop processors some time in October 2023.
181 Comments on Intel Core i7-14700K has an 8P+12E Core Configuration
But you are right. Has been corrected.
It's really seems like 14nm++++++++++ all over again. Now just with 10nm++++++
and for RPL, keep in mind that Intel Foundries yet again forced intel to stretch a fab process/architecture beyond it's original scope.
Intel problem is that they keep designing their architecture around a fab process that never get there on time. Rocket lake ? That was never meant to be on 14nm. Sapphire Rapids ? That was supposed to be a 2021 launch. Raptor lake ? It only exist because Meteor lake wasn't going as planned, 10nm wasn't supposed to compete against TSMC 5nm.Intel confirms that Raptor Lake was not originally part of their CPU roadmap | OC3D News (overclock3d.net)
Meanwhile AMD got the luxury of designing a chip around a precise Fab calendar. They never had to backport, or create a stop gap zen 3.5.
But the biggest effect on us DIYers is the huge loss of income that prevented Intel from improving its node manufacturing and CPU technologies. Thankfully AMD minimized this loss to some extent by actually competing against ARM and Nvidia. Intel just sat there for the longest time causing windows app performance stagnation.
Would also like to see an nVidia iGPU (similar to what i7-8705G offered). :eek:
10 cores would be amazing, more cache or a few gigs of HBM would be amazing too...
If Intel's fighting the core wars they lose, if they're fighting with cache they'll probably still lose.
I used to be a huge AMD fan in the early zen days but since Zen 3 i feel like they're changing roles.
Intel quad and six P-core products without E-cores as well as the 7800X3D and the other non 3D-cache Zen 4 chips avoid heterogeneous computing (although there is some problems with identical AMD chiplets clocking consistently).
What I was trying to say, is that AMD doesn't give optimistic roadmaps. 3 years ago, AMD said that zen 4 was going to be a 5nm product scheduled to launch in 2022. And that's exactly what happened. In 2018 they said that Vermeer was coming in 2020, on a matured process. That's exactly what happened. To me it sounds like that AMD/TSMC actually know where they are going, and have an efficient communication channel.
Now I never denied that Intel enjoyed a node advantage in the past. But they don't anymore, their fabs are actually a liability, but they keep on giving optimistic roadmaps that they cannot fulfil, and resort to a lot of stop gap, or emergency release. Rocket lake was replaced in less than a year and forced onto a node that it was never meant to be used on. Meteor lake was two year late, and was ultimately cancelled for the desktop. And now there's rumors that Intel finally yield, and Arrow lake will be a TSMC CPU at 100%, because Intel finally decided to be cautious, an rely on TSMC much higher fabs reliability. Intel 20A isn't doing so hot apparently. Intel new goal to take the leadership back is 18A :rolleyes:
Intel being in the top 20% of charts, and even contesting the performance lead in some cases, while being 2 nodes behind is a bit of proof in itself. If zen 4 had to be manufactured on 10NM+++++ i think the benefits of the mixed design would be much more obvious. Apple M2 is another example...^ in the real world -- specialized companies vs general purpose company :P.