The next generation of Intel processors Core is yet to come, but in the meantime Intel is continuing to prepare a refresh of its current generation. Known as “Raptor Lake Refresh”, it will be considered the 14th generation and will arrive in a few months, but in the meantime, the leaks around them are already happening. Thanks to them, we now know the Features techniques of the three flagship processors: the Core i9-14900Khe Core i7-14700K and the Core i5-14600K.
It’s quite common to see us in a situation like this, as Intel partners, OEMs and others often have access to pre-production models well before release so they can build their products. around them. In this case, the specifications of these processors come to us from Benchlife, which has already successfully leaked a lot of data from Intel processors, so we can be sure that the data reflected here is reliable.
Intel Raptor Lake Refresh processors on display
Since it became known that Intel was going to launch a new “refresh” generation of the current one, we all assumed that what we were going to find would be processors with higher operating speeds, especially if we stick to previous ones. And, precisely, this is what we are going to find with the new Intel processors, with speeds that, in this case, manage to overcome the barrier of 6GHz.
According to currently leaked data, Raptor Lake Refresh will deliver at least 200MHz of turbo speed boost on K-series CPUs (those with multiplier unlocked for overclocking), so the 14900K hits 6GHz, the 14700K at 5.6 GHz and the 14600K at 5.3 GHz, still talking about turbo speeds.
In terms of cores and threads, only the Core i7-14700K will differ from its current-gen namesake (the 13700K), with a new 8+12-core configuration (i.e. 8 P performance cores with hyperthreading and 12 low-power E-cores, making a total of 20 cores and 28 process threads). In addition, this processor will also have a little more “smart cache” memory, which will reach 33 MB (the 13700K has 30 MB).
| Core i5-14600K | Core i7-14700K | Core i9-14900K | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Plug | LGA1700 | LGA1700 | LGA1700 |
| Nucleos P | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Cores and | 8 | 12 | 16 |
| PDT | 125W | 125W | 125W |
| basic speed | 3.5GHz | 3.4GHz | 3.2GHz |
| Intel Thermal Speed Boost | N / A | N / A | Yeah |
| BVT frequency | N / A | N / A | 6GHz |
| Intel TurboBoost Max 3.0 | N / A | Yeah | Yeah |
| Maximum turbo boost frequency | N / A | 5.6GHz | 5.8GHz |
| P-Core Turbo | 5.3GHz | 5.5GHz | 5.7GHz |
| E-Core Turbo | 4GHz | 4.3GHz | 4.4GHz |
| Intel Smart Cache | 24 MB | 33 MB | 36 MB |
Previous reports on these processors mentioned that the Core i5-14600K would have a higher P-performance core count, but based on this latest information, it appears that won’t be the case, and the Core i5 model will continue to only have only 6 performance cores. , with the same configuration as the original model (13600K) but with a higher operating speed of 200 MHz.
In any case, it should be remembered that in theory the processors Intel Raptor Lake Refresh will be released in October this year, although initially only the K and KF models (without integrated GPU) will be available, and there will also be non-K variants with a TDP of 65W which will arrive a little later, at the beginning of next year . Intel is expected to officially reveal all the details at the end of August this year during Gamescom in Cologne.
