Intel Raptor Lake mobile CPUs leaked – could these be the future of laptops?
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Intel’s upcoming Raptor Lake laptop CPUs have been leaked and the lineup looks pretty tempting indeed.
This comes from mainstream hardware leaker Raichu on Twitter (as pointed out by WCftech (opens in new tab)), which provided full specifications for the range of HX chips, starting with the Core i9-13900HX with 8 performance cores, 16 efficiency cores and a boost to 5.4 GHz (the base clock is 3.9 GHz).
i9-13900HX 8P16E max 5.4/3.9i7-13700HX 8P8E max 5.0/3.7i7-13650HX 6P8E max 4.9/3.6i5-13500HX 6P8E max 4.7/3.5i5-13450HX 6P4E max 4.6/3.4Max40 -32D5 support (part SKU only 4800). DRAM/Freq/Ring/PL OCNovember 14, 2022
Next we have the Core i7-13700HX – remember, take all these with a handful of spice, as always with the rumor mill – which supposedly runs with 8 performance plus 8 efficiency cores, and boosts up to 5GHz (3.7GHz base clock speed) . ).
A slight step down from that is the Core i7-13650HX processor, which drops down to 6 performance cores (keeping 8 efficiency cores), boosted to 4.9 GHz (and a base clock of 3.6 GHz).
Then there’s the Core i5-13500HX which retains the same number of cores as the 13650HX, but drops that boost to 4.7 GHz (3.5 GHz base). And finally, Raichu tells us there’s a Core i5-13450HX with 6 performance cores plus 4 efficiency cores and a boost to 4.6 GHz (and a base clock of 3.4 GHz).
Analysis: Raptor ready to strike
That Raptor Lake HX flagship looks very special, with no less than 24 cores (8 performance cores) and a boost up to 5.4 GHz. It’s a big step up from Alder Lake laptop chips, and in addition to those extra cores and higher clock speeds, you can also count on larger cache sizes for the Raptor Lake silicon. Plus, better overclocking is promised with 13th generation laptop chips, so it’s fair to say they’re waiting in the wings to make quite an impact.
When can we expect Team Blue to launch these mobile processors? Intel has said we’ll be witnessing their appearance before 2022 is out, but realistically these chips will be in more laptops in early 2023 (no doubt with some powerful combinations alongside RTX 40-series laptop GPUs).
Perhaps the concern here isn’t performance, which seems to be in abundance, but rather how these HX chips can achieve battery life. That’s where AMD could score a major win in terms of better efficiency with Zen 4 laptop silicon when it arrives – but exactly when that will be, we’re not sure. But we do know that Raptor Lake’s mobile chips will be fully available before AMD hits the market, and as mentioned, 13th generation laptop silicon isn’t far off now. Exciting times, indeed.