Intel "Bartlett Lake" Appears as a P/E-Core Hybrid, P-Core Only CPUs Could Soon Follow

[sudothelinuxwizard]

That's because e-cores aren't efficient with power, only with die area. One p-core takes up the same space as a cluster of 4 e-cores, so e-cores are a nice way to increase core count and MT performance, but they throw power economy out of the window. I have a feeling that the 12 p-core design will consume less power than Raptor Lake does, unless Intel decides to overvolt it to the moon.

Which they probably will given how desperate they are. Even after the microcode fix on Raptor Lake, I feel 1.55V is way too high for 7nm-class silicon.

 

[JustBenching]

Maybe. I just want to see BTL at safe temps with a reasonably-sized cooler. We'll see when it comes out, I guess.

Non k chips will do that, like they did every gen. No shot with the k chips, those are meant to be hitting their face against the voltage limit.