Intel s Rocket Lake 11th Gen Core i9-11900K and Core i5-11600K are targeted at gamers and enthusiasts, but will this interesting new architecture be able to take on AMD s many-core Ryzen family, or has the company actually taken a step backwards?
Intel 11th Gen Rocket Lake Desktop CPUs Launched, Including Flagship Core i9-11900K
Intel is hoping to take on AMD s powerful Ryzen 5000 series By Jamshed Avari | Updated: 17 March 2021 12:24 IST
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Highlights
New 500-series motherboards will be needed to harness all capabilities
The Cypress Cove architecture is a 14nm backport of the 10nm Sunny Cove
Intel s 11th Gen desktop CPUs, known by their code name Rocket Lake , have just been announced. Aimed primarily at gamers and desktop enthusiasts, these CPUs are based on a new Cypress Cove core architecture and many of them feature more powerful integrated Intel Xe graphics capabilities including AI acceleration. Interestingly, Rocket Lake marks a major departure from the iterative 14nm CPU refreshes that Intel has been releasing for the past five years as it struggles with 10nm production capacity. The company has adapted its 10nm Sunny Cove architecture, on which the