Shared by Intel Bilibili new poster This is official confirmation of the existence of the Raptor Lake refresh. The new CPU lineup will carry on Intel’s existing Intel Core i-series nomenclature and come as 14th Generation products. The new refresh consists of two CPU platforms, one for desktop and one for mobile, and includes parts from the S-series and his HX/U-series for high-performance and ultrabook laptops.
The first time we learned about the Raptor Lake Refresh was in 2022 when Intel’s roadmap was leaked online. A leaked roadmap revealed a lineup of consumer and workstation desktop CPUs with 35W to 125W TDPs which could have been faced as the roadmap was leaked. A few months later, however, the leak was further compounded by a motherboard BIOS update featuring support for “next-gen” Intel CPUs, effectively confirming its existence. A BIOS update proved this as Intel’s next-generation CPU architecture, Meteor Lake, would use a new socket, making compatibility with current motherboards impossible.
What the leaks and rumors didn’t explain was the Raptor Lake refresh for mobile CPUs and desktops. A new poster from Intel confirms that new refreshes are coming to both platforms, featuring high-performance HX-series mobile parts and low-power U-series parts in particular. Oddly enough, though, the U-series parts come with a completely different nomenclature and are named “1st Gen Intel Core Processors” instead of 14th Gen. The Q&A answer says Intel is doing this because the U-series parts will be available at a later date, which doesn’t explain why Intel won’t switch to the newly announced Core Ultra nomenclature. .
Intel hasn’t released any performance benchmarks or CPU specs for the refreshed parts of Raptor Lake yet, but if it’s similar to previous Intel refreshes, these CPUs should come with a modest boost in clock speeds, as well as speed It is expected that additional changes will be made to improve functionality and functionality. For example, Intel could increase clock speeds on all parts and change core counts on some models to make them stand out compared to previous generation Raptor Lake (vanilla) and Alder Lake chips.
There’s no official release date yet, but previous leaks estimate that the first wave of K-series chips could arrive as early as 2023. Intel hasn’t confirmed this, but with BIOS updates coming, we can expect these chips to launch soon. Current 700 series motherboards supporting Intel’s new processors are already in production.
