A new ASRock motherboard press release has reinforced the rumors pointing to the possible launch of new Intel CPUs for the LGA1700 socket, a socket that as our regular readers already know is used by Core Gen12 processors (Intel Alder Lake-S) and by Core Gen13 processors (Intel Raptor Lake-S).
The truth is that it is not the first time that the arrival of a third wave of Intel CPUs for said socket has been considered. During the last months we have been seeing rumors that pointed to a possible intergenerational renewal of Raptor Lake-S, and this was making more and more sense after the numerous voices that assured that Intel I wouldn’t release a desktop version of Meteor Lakeand that said generation would be limited to laptops.
According to ASRock, its new Z790 motherboards are ready for “support future CPUs that will have even higher power needs.” I think that these words are very clear, and that they highlight that the launch of new high-performance Intel CPUs, and with a higher consumption, for the LGA1700 socket is pending. Those new processors should be the rumored ones Intel Raptor Lake Refresh.
We must be clear that the Intel Lake Refresh processors are not going to introduce changes in everything regarding the count of cores and threads, and that they will use the same architecture as the current generation. The only major difference that will allow the chip giant to improve performance will be in an increase in work frequencies, and it is clear that for these to be stable it will be necessary to increase consumption.
We don’t have any concrete information yet, but thanks to the information that ASRock has shared, it is almost confirmed that Intel Raptor Lake Refresh will be a reality, and that they will represent a minor improvement compared to the current generation. It will be interesting to see what level of frequencies these processors are capable of reaching, and also What level of consumption and temperatures will they have.
On the AMD side we do not expect any kind of intergenerational renewal. The Sunnyvale company has already launched the non-X Ryzen 7000 and the models with 3D stacked cache, so its next step will be the launch of new processors based on the Zen architecture 5, something that should occur in 2024, at least in theory. Regarding the launch of the new Raptor Lake-S Refresh, everything seems to indicate that they will reach the market later this year.
