Please note that this post is tagged as a rumor.
Intel 13th Gen Core in October?
Over at Bilibili a known leaker and reviewer Enthusiastic Citizen now going by a name “ECSM_Official” posted a rumored launch schedule for multiple Intel and AMD platform for this year.
The rumor covers upcoming Intel HEDT and consumer series known as Sapphire Rapids and Raptor Lake. Interestingly, it claims that both are set to launch this October, which would be almost exactly a year after Alder Lake. Meanwhile, Intel’s HEDT platform though did not see an update in a very long time, and judging by this rumor and what we have shared before, it will go a different way than previous generations.
Intel 13th Gen Core launch schedule (translation), Source: ECSM_Official
Notably, those will not be marketed as Core-X series but rather Xeon W3400/2400 so probably targeting the same consumer space as Threadripper PRO. The incentive to offer high core count CPUs with increased power and connectivity options is slowly fading away as the mainstream series get more cores and even more advanced motherboards.
It is said that 13th Gen Core Raptor Lake would appear in October with support for existing motherboards but also for the new high-end Z790 platform. The rumor alleges that there will be new 700 motherboard series including H770 and B760 series launching next year. A very similar launch schedule was adopted for 12th Gen Core series, therefore, one could guess that K-series CPUs will be among the first to launch.
| Intel Mainstream Desktop CPU Roadmap (RUMORED) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| VideoCardz | 12th Gen Core Alder Lake-S | 13th Gen Core Raptor Lake-S | 14th Gen Core Meteor Lake-S |
| Launch Date | November 2021 | October 2022 (?) | 2024 (desktop) |
| Fabrication Node | Intel 7 (10nm) | Intel 7 (10nm) | Intel 4 (7nm) |
| Big Core µArch | Golden Cove | Raptor Cove | Redwood Cove |
| Small Core µArch | Gracemont | Gracemont | Crestmont |
| Graphics µArch | Gen12.2 | Gen12.2 | Gen 12.7 |
| Max Core Count | 16 (8C+8c) | 24 (8C+16c) | TBC |
| L2 Cache (up to) | 8x 1.25MB (big) + 2x 2MB (small) | 8x 2MB (big) + 4x 4MB (small) | ?x 2MB (big) + ?x 3MB (small) |
| L3 Cache (up to) | 30MB | 36MB | TBC |
| Total Cache (L2+L3) (up to) | 44MB | 68MB | TBC |
| Socket | LGA1700 | LGA1700 | TBC |
| Memory Support | DDR4/DDR5-4800 | DDR4/DDR5-5600 | DDR5 |
| PCIe Gen | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 | PCIe 5.0 |
Source: ECSM_Official via Wccftech
