Subj : Waiting for cheaper Intel Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs? They might ar
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From : TechnologyDaily
Date : Thu Dec 14 2023 12:15:04

Waiting for cheaper Intel Raptor Lake Refresh CPUs? They might arrive on 
January 8

Date:
Thu, 14 Dec 2023 12:03:50 +0000

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Weve also been treated to some leaked benchmarks including one for the most 
affordable 14th-gen processor.

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Intel still has to flesh out its Raptor Lake Refresh range of processors, 
with only a trio of unlocked K model CPUs (that can be overclocked to go 
faster) on shelves so far, and more affordable choices are supposedly set to 
debut on January 8. 

We should see a raft of processors from the top to bottom of the 14th-gen 
range , with a new Core i9-14900 CPU at the top to partner the 14900K . The 
difference being the new non-K chip wont be open to overclocking, and its 
boost will be slightly lower (by 200MHz) with a lesser power usage too  and 
itll be a bit cheaper. 

Well get similar non-K equivalents for the 14700K and 14600K, and then a 
whole lot of new silicon down from there in the more affordable department, 
including a Core i5-14500, Core i5-14400, and Core i3-14100 (plus variants 
therein). 

ECSM, a regular hardware leaker on X (formerly Twitter), furnished us with 
the rumored release date for these new Raptor Lake Refresh models, which is 
January 8 as mentioned.  K 1/8  3 1/9  7 14100 pic.twitter.com/sNql7vPpJB 
December 13, 2023 See more 

They also provided some leaked spec details and benchmarks for the Core 
i5-14400 and Core i3-14100 models, showing that they maintain the same core 
configuration as their 13th-gen predecessors (as rumored in the past). 
Analysis: Benchmark bonuses 

Weve also been treated to some leaked benchmarks for the Core i5-14400 and 
Core i3-14100  add seasoning as ever (with all of this, including that launch 
date)  and in Cinebench multi-core, the 14400 hits a score of 16,074. 
According to the comparisons provided by Wccftech (who spotted the above 
tweet), thats about 5% faster than AMDs Ryzen 7 5800X (and a touch faster 
than Intels 12600K from two generations back). 

Pricing will of course be a key issue for these new processors, but they 
should be pitched in line with where Intel has gone with Raptor Lake Refresh 
prices tags already. Which is to say theyre expected to roughly maintain 
pricing with their 13th-gen counterparts. 

Currently, you can buy the Core i5-13400 for around $230 in the US at the 
time of writing (although the MSRP is $240), and the Core i3-13100 is just 
under $150, so expect price tags to fall around those marks  and in line with 
current pricing in other regions. 

The 14700K stormed to the top of our rankings of the best processors when it 
was released, so itll be interesting to see how these more wallet-friendly 
chips perform. Mind you, in the case of the 14700K, its the only Raptor Lake 
Refresh chip to increase its core count (if the rumors about the rest of the 
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Link to news story:
https://www.techradar.com/computing/cpu/waiting-for-cheaper-intel-raptor-lake-
refresh-cpus-they-might-arrive-on-january-8


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