Intel Raptor Lake: Everything under i5K just an “Alder Lake refresh” [Gerücht]
According to the Raptor Lake leak slides published by Igor’s Lab, one can assume that all CPU models below the i5-13600K could be equipped with Alder Lake chips. Because only the i5K and all i7 and i9 models should come up with an additional L2 cache per core, which makes the decisive difference between Alder and Raptor Lake.
Last week, Igor’s Lab let the cat out of the bag and published all of the presentation slides for Intel’s new Raptor Lake CPU generation. The first models, which will then be officially unveiled on September 27 and rumored to be launched on October 20, are the Core i9-13900K, the i7-13700K and the i5-13600K, including their KF models that come with disabled iGPU have to make do.
Are all non-i5K models based on Alder Lake?
One of the slides on the new features of Raptor Lake revealed that there will be more L2 cache for the new processors – but only up to the i5-13600K. This allows the assumption that the smaller CPUs are equipped with Alder Lake dies, since the main difference between the architectures is the noticeably higher L2 cache per core.
According to the information on the L2 cache at Raptor Lake, it can be assumed that all models below the i5-13600K could be equipped with Alder Lake chips.
Source: Intel/Igor’s Lab
The “Raptor Lake” models below the i5-13600K also have more L2 cache than the Alder Lake counterparts, but this can only be explained by the increased number of cores and not by more L2 cache per core. These processors are supposed to be an Alder Lake refresh instead of “real” Raptor Lake CPUs. For the first time, the smaller models have e-cores, which was not the case with Alder-Lake.
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Compared to the Raptor Lake-K models, the smaller Alder Lake-based CPUs are expected to run at a PBT (processor base power) of 65 W instead of 125 W. Also, these CPUs should only support DDR4-4800 memory due to the Alder Lake basis. More important, also when meeting Ryzen 7000, than the increased L2 cache per core for the i5 non-K models will probably be the existing E cores.
Interested parties will probably find out what the “Alder Lake refresh” will ultimately mean at the beginning of next year, probably at CES in January, when Intel will reveal all other Raptor Lake CPUs to the public. Then the pricing in the fight with AMD will also become interesting.
Source: via 3Dcenter.org
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