Intel’s 13.3rd-Gen Raptor Lake CPUs are expected to have more cores, greater connectivity and a new core architecture as well as compatibility with PCIe 5.0 SSDs, and perhaps even a 6.0 high-speed clock to bring. This is not even including the possibility of IPC enhancements. These chips will debut in the year 2012 to compete against AMD’s Zen 4 Ryzen 7000 processors which will set an ideal stage for close contest for the top desktop PC especially for the title of the most powerful gaming CPU when the Intel rivalry between Intel and AMD competition enters an entirely new phase.
Intel 13th-gen Raptor Lake: Specifications
Raptor Lake CPUs, in case you’re unaware they’ll be Intel’s 13th-generation processors. They’ll be essentially a sequel on Alder Lake CPUs. Alder Lake CPUs that are dominating the charts of performance currently. These Raptor Lake CPUs are expected to offer better performance due to an upgraded 10nm design.
- Codename Raptor Lake
- Launches in Q4 2022 (October)
- Up to 24 cores or 32 threads in the ‘Intel7 process node
- Amount up to Raptor Cores of Cove Performance (P-Cores) as well as 16 Gracemont Efficiency Cores (E-Cores)
- The Raptor Lake-S (65W from 125W on desktop) and Raptor Lake-P (15 to 45W mobile) confirmed
- Rumored 5.8 GHz boost
- Up to 36MB L3 Cache (20 percentage increase) up to 32MB of L2 (2.3x increase)
- Dual-Channel DDR4-3200 memory support with 16 PCIe 5.0 with the x4 PCIe 4.0 interface, Thunderbolt 4 / USB 4
- Assistance of PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSDs and AI M.2 Module
- “Up to double-digit performance boost”
- Socket LGA 1800, Raptor Lake backward compatible with coolers that are already in use Mobile chips BGA compatible
- 700-Series Chipset: Z790, H770, B760 Motherboards
- Chipset that can support up as 20 PCH PCIe 4.0 and eight PCIe 3.0
- Improved Overclocking of CPU features, such as per-core and efficient thermal velocity boost
