Firing a shot again at AMD official Ryzen reveal, Intel officers stated the upcoming thirteenth gen “Raptor Lake” desktop CPUs will hit 6GHz. Intel’s enhance clock of 6GHz for its upcoming chip was revealed at a press occasion on the firm’s well-known Haifa design heart in Israel, based on quite a few press stories.
A lot of the briefing is beneath embargo for the launch of the CPU later this 12 months, however firm officers did verify some efficiency claims which was lined by Paul Alcorn of Tom’s {Hardware} right here. Alcorn stories that the thirteenth gen Raptor Lake is touting a 15 % enchancment in single-threaded efficiency and an eye-opening 41 % enhance efficiency in multi-threaded efficiency utilizing SPECintrate_2017. Many shoppers is probably not acquainted with the Commonplace Efficiency Analysis Company, nevertheless it’s a decades-old trade group the place {hardware} designers themselves agree what the that means of “efficiency” is and to measure it.
Why 6GHz issues
Raptor Lake’s 6GHz clock comes two weeks after AMD unveiled that its Ryzen 7000 chips will enhance as much as 5.7GHz. Whereas each CPUs primarily function on their very own totally different scales attributable to energy and thermal limits in addition to inner core designs, clock speeds nonetheless largely affect shoppers. And though it’s only a 5.7 % distinction between AMD’s greatest Ryzen 7000 and Intel’s greatest thirteenth gen chip, a pleasant spherical 6GHz determine goes to matter extra to shoppers. The corporate additionally confirmed off liquid nitrogen overclocks of the Raptor Lake hitting 8GHz however that’s far much less vital for basic shoppers.
Though Intel is touting a 6GHz clock for thirteenth gen, it’s not clear if that may come instantly or if it will likely be restricted to a much more particular version model of the chip, Alcorn notes. If it’s the latter, that’s much less thrilling than all top-end chips hitting 6GHz since “KS” elements normally demand a premium and are typically way more restricted in distribution.
Raptor Lake is an emergency version
In addition to its large spherical numbers, Raptor Lake’s very existence was revealed to be an emergency version, developed as a contingency plan.
In line with tweets by analyst Dr. Ian Cutress, Intel’s Isic Silas stated that Raptor Lake solely exists as a result of Meteor Lake wasn’t going to be prepared on time. Raptor Lake improvement began two 12 months’s in the past.
Meteor Lake is, after all, Intel’s next-generation CPU that may transfer the corporate from its long-held monolithic chips to a Lego-like, multi-chip design. It is going to be a sea of change for Intel when launched subsequent 12 months. Such a giant change and Intel’s well-known stumbles previously is probably going why the corporate determined it wanted a contingency plan ought to Meteor Lake be delayed.
Raptor Lake itself will probably be largely suitable with current twelfth gen Alder Lake 600-series of motherboard infrastructure, however can even usher in a higher-end and certain tuned for the chips efficiency 700-series of motherboards. Tom’s {Hardware} not too long ago outlined MSI paperwork for an upcoming Z790 board leaked with DDR4 assist.
Raptor Lake is scheduled to launch by the top of this 12 months whereas AMD’s official on date sale for Ryzen 7000 is September 27.
