As it was
revealed back in August, Intel’s 13th Gen Core series codenamed Alder Lake will feature up to 8 Performance cores and 16 Efficient cores. This means that the full core count will increase from 16 to 24 for the next-gen Intel CPUs. Exactly this is shown in a very early leak likely featuring an Engineering Sample 1 (ES1) of the CPU, as we are still more than 10 months away from the launch.
The test lists ‘
RPL-S ADP-S DDR5 UDIMM OC CRB‘, which is the test platform for upcoming CPUs, featuring the same LGA1700 socket that was used by just-announced Z690 motherboards.
Despite the rumors that the 13th Gen Core series might support faster JEDEC DDR5 memory specs by default (5600 MT/s), the test platform still features two DIMMs rated at 4800 MT/s. At this point though, the sample is still in a very early testing stage and likely severely limited by frequencies, so relatively low memory speed is not exactly the biggest concern here. And neither is the benchmark result that was leaked. The sample is a lot slower than Core i9-12900K CPU. As Tom’s Hardware notes, Intel has close ties with BAPCO, which is why the test is not included in typical review suites.
Intel Raptor Lake is now expected to launch around the fourth quarter of 2022. Just as Alder Lake, it is to feature Intel 7 process node, support LGA1700 socket, and launch for both desktop and mobile devices. Raptor’s Lake platform is
now expected to feature changes to the CPU/motherboard power delivery mechanism that could improve power efficiency by a two-digit factor.
