After releasing its 13th-generation ‘Raptor Lake’ portfolio last year, Intel is anticipated to follow up with the Raptor Lake Refresh later in 2023 before releasing the ‘Meteor Lake’ processors in 2024.
However, a fresh leak on Intel’s array of next-generation CPUs is certain to disappoint at least a few individuals.
Only entry-level and mid-range CPUs rated for 35W and 65W may be available in the Meteor Lake-S range, according to a slide shared on Twitter by frequent tipster @SquashBionic.
The slide, which is thought to be a component of an official Intel presentation document, indicates that standard PCs will be able to use Core i3 and Core i5 processors from the Meteor Lake-S family.
The Raptor Lake Refresh or Arrow Lake-S lines are the only ones that provide high-end Core i7 and i9 chips with up to 125W TDPs.
The slide also demonstrates that Raptor Lake-S will have the Socket V0 for LGA 1700 processors and be compatible with Intel’s 600/700 series chipsets, while Meteor Lake-S and Arrow Lake-S will share Intel’s Socket V1 for LGA1851 CPUs and the 800-series chipset platform.
There will, however, be at least one significant distinction between Meteor Lake-S and Arrow Lake-S: the latter appears to permit more sophisticated voltage-regulating modules for better performance.
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— Bionic_squash (@SquashBionic) April 25, 2023
Although there isn’t any fresh material to disclose, past disclosures gave us some insight into the Meteor Lake family.
Core i9-13900K Raptor Lake V/S Meteor Lake desktop CPU
Compared to the Core i9-13900K (Raptor Lake), which has 24 cores and 32 threads, the top-tier Meteor Lake desktop CPU is anticipated to have up to 22 cores and 28 threads.
The top-tier Meteor Lake CPU for laptops is said to have 14 cores total, including 6 performance cores and 8 efficiency cores.
A recent internal Intel document that was published appeared to validate long-running rumours that Meteor Lake will be promoted as Intel’s 14th-generation Core processor line.
Online rumours also claim that the Raptor Lake Refresh will have the 13th-gen Core branding, similar to the original Raptor Lake, while the 15th-gen Core family would be represented by the Arrow Lake.
The majority of information, including the launch dates, about Intel’s forthcoming chip lineups is still unknown at this time. However, in the upcoming weeks and months, we’ll probably learn more about it.
In any case, the aforementioned leak was obtained from an unreliable source, so hold off on believing it until Intel confirms it.
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