Intel "Raptor Lake Refresh" Confirmed for Mobile Segment Launch as i7-14700HX Surfaces

[btarunr]

Intel is confirmed to be bringing the 14th Gen Core series to the mobile segment, with the Core i7-14700HX surfacing on leaked PugetBench online database. This would be a repeat of how Intel handled its 10th Gen Core series, with the technologically older "Comet Lake" silicon with its higher core count being confined to the mainstream -H, and enthusiast -HX market segments, with the then contemporary "Ice Lake" silicon handling the thin and light -U and -P segments. Intel is close to launching its "Meteor Lake" silicon, which it will likely address the -U, -P, and some tiers of the -H segments with. These could feature a newer Core and Core Ultra product branding, while "Raptor Lake Refresh" retains the more recognizable 14th Gen Core processor model numbering scheme similar to that of its desktop cousin.

Besides the Core i7-14700HX that now surfaced on PugetBench database, there have been leaks about at least two other models from the "Raptor Lake Refresh" mobile pedigree—Core i5-14650HX, and the i9-14900HX. It's very likely that the flagship "i9-14980HK" part is based on "Raptor Lake Refresh," featuring an unlocked multiplier, and power limits rivaling the desktop i9-14900, for notebooks that are really just desktop replacements. The Intel prototype notebook from the i7-14700HX leak features a discrete Arc A570M GPU, and 64 GB of DDR5-4800 SO-DIMM memory. If the power limit convention is carried over from the 13th Gen, you're looking at 55 W processor base power, and 157 W of maximum turbo power (or burst power). What we don't yet know about the i7-14700HX is its core-configuration. The current i7-13700HX features an 8P+8E configuration, and it remains to be seen if the i7-14700HX gets an 8P+12E config similar to its desktop counterpart.



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[Squared]

10nm was years behind schedule when it finally reached widespread availability in low-power laptops, and now Intel 4 is years behind schedule and only coming to low-power laptops. And this time the processor isn't a monolothic die and Intel isn't deliberately holding back its foundries to fulfill server orders for a global pandemic-driven lockdown. The actual Intel 4 CPU die is tiny. Intel needs to sort out its problems. (Maybe a lot of foundry capacity is tied up prepping for Intel 3 processors for Intel servers CPUs and IFS customers.)

 

[Deleted member 185088]

They need stop the e-core nonsense, and add real cores, or make those e-cores actually efficient and not for benchmarks.

 

[Denver]

I don't understand why this product exists other than to tarnish Intel's own image...

 

[phanbuey]

I don't understand why this product exists other than to tarnish Intel's own image...

I agree -- It's a last second plug fill for meteor lake. They couldn't get meteor lake S to be a meaningful improvement and probably thought that IVR would get them more clocks/W - which it does but not enough to justify a new processor.

It's basically a small price drop on the 13900KS (14900K).

 

[Minus Infinity]

I don't understand why this product exists other than to tarnish Intel's own image...

Easy answer. What else would Dell use for their laptops. Certainly don't seem to be interested in AMD apu's.

 

[Denver]

Easy answer. What else would Dell use for their laptops. Certainly don't seem to be interested in AMD apu's.

If that's true, it's practically irrational since AMD's APUs are more efficient, but to be honest, I've seen Dell gaming laptops with the option to choose AMD CPUs.