Intel 11th Gen Rocket Lake Desktop CPUs Launched, Including Flagship Core i9-11900K
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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
As we get closer to a major launch, there is a good chance that we’ll see presentation leaks detailing upcoming tech early. This time around, two slides from Intel’s Rocket Lake launch presentation have leaked, detailing the full Core i9 and Core i7 line-up in addition to some gaming performance benchmarks.
The two slides appeared on Chinese social media platform, Weibo (via @9550pro). The first slide details each Core i7 and Core i9 “Rocket Lake” SKU and the specs seem to mostly match the latest rumours.
Some standouts include the 8C/16T Core i9-11900K and KF variant reaching 5.3/4.8GHz through Thermal Velocity Boost 3.0 (TVB 3.0). The non-K i9 CPUs will also feature TVB 3.0 (except the i9-11900T), offering a single and multi-core turbo frequency of up to 5.2GHz and a multi-core frequency of up to 4.7GHz. As per the slide, the 11th Gen Core i7 won’t feature TVB 3.0, but these processors are still listed as having a 5GHz boost through Intel Turbo Boost Max Technology 3
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Intel Rocket Lake Core i7-11700K, Core i9-10900K Gaming Benchmarks Leaked
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Intel Core i7-11700K will be released on March 30
Overall, it gains over 6% performance boost than the previous generation flagship desktop CPU
A new report showing the Intel Core i7-11700K Rocket Lake 8 core desktop CPU benchmarks was recently shared online, highlighting the remarkably better performance it delivered than the flagship Intel Core i9-10900K Comet Lake CPU.
The gaming benchmark of IntelCore i7-11700K was shared on Twitter by CapFrameX and reported by Videocardz. The Intel desktop processor s impressive performance was conducted on the new BIOS on a Z590 motherboard platform. The test includes the Nvidia GeForce RTX 3090 graphics card with a 32 GB of GDDR4 memory for each.
Intel 11th Gen Rocket Lake Desktop CPUs: Release Date Announced; Line-Up, Specs Revealed
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Performance review, benchmark and sales are also scheduled on the same date
Intel confirmed that it is aware of retailers selling the CPUs ahead of the launch date
After several leaks and rumors, Intel finally revealed several launch and release details for its upcoming Intel 11th Generation Rocket Lake Desktop CPU series. The complete line-up and specifications of the Core i9 and Core i7 SKUs are now available too.
Launch And Release Date Details
Intel finally confirmed that the 11th Generation Rocket Lake Desktop CPU series would launch March 30. On Twitter, an Intel spokesperson confirmed its upcoming desktop processors launch schedule, along with release details while responding to Hardwareluxx. On March 16 at 8:00 a.m. PT, Intel is set to launch the desktop processor series, including product information launch, pre-order and advertising.