Intel’s 14th Gen Raptor Lake refresh processors could be in line for a core count boost over the current 13th Gen models according to leaked details.
The upcoming CPUs – a refresh of the existing Raptor Lake 13th Gen models – were confirmed in other leaked information in June, but little was known about them other than an expected increase in frequency. Now, though, it’s looking likely that at least one model will be receiving a core count boost, despite the fact that they all use the same architecture as the current 13th Gen models.
The Core i7-14700K, YouTuber Moore’s Law is Dead claims, will have a total of 20 cores, compared to 16 for the current Core i7-13700K. He cites a leaked document as well as several credible sources, all of whom have mentioned the Core i7-14700K receiving a core count increase. The increase comes from a bump in E cores, or efficient cores, which are low power cores designed to handle background tasks and aid in multi-threaded workloads.
The Core i7-13700K had eight of these alongside eight more powerful P cores, while the Core i7-14700K could have 12 E cores – the latter being an increase of four. This is entirely possible if Intel is simply binning some Core i9 models with more cores as cheaper Core i7 models as the core count increase would not require an entirely new architecture.
The thread count would increase from 24 to 28 and combined with an increase in frequencies, the Core i7-14700K could outstrip AMD’s Ryzen 9 7900X by a significant amount, although pricing has certainly not yet been confirmed.
Intel’s 14th Gen Raptor Lake refresh CPUs were confirmed in late June with an expected pre Christmas launch. this would give Intel an advantage over AMD, at least in launch schedule, with AMD not expected to launch new CPUs for its Socket AM5 platform till 2024. However, Intel will have its work cut out to beat the Ryzen 7 7800X3D with its 3D V-Cache in games – an interesting battle gamers will be watching keenly.
In the video linked to above, Moore’s Law is Dead also claims that power consumption won’t be much higher if at all than current 13th Gen processors either, thanks to the inclusion of a DLVR (Digital Linear Voltage Regulator). This has been shown to drastically reduce power consumption and the inclusion of this on Raptor Lake refresh has also been mentioned previously at hardwaretimes. This is just as well as the 13th Gen CPUs were very power hungry, especially at the high end.
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