14th Gen Intel Core Processors - Release Date & Price

Intel Core 14th Gen Processor Family

Intel has just released the first official slides for its upcoming Raptor Lake-S desktop processors, which will be the third generation of products for the LGA1700 platform. The new slides reveal the performance goals and specifications of the six SKUs that will make up the Raptor Lake-S family, as well as their pricing and availability.

The flagship model of the series is the Core i9-14900K, which packs a whopping 24 cores with a hybrid architecture of 8 Performance (P) cores and 16 Efficient (E) cores, along with 36 MB of L3 cache. The CPU can reach up to 6.0 GHz on its P-cores and has a base frequency of 3.2 GHz. The Core i9-14900K also supports both DDR5-5600 and DDR4-3200 memory, giving users more flexibility in choosing their RAM modules. The CPU will have an MSRP of $589, while its non-iGPU version, the Core i9-14900KF, will cost $564.

Another notable SKU is the Core i7-14700K, which is the only one in the lineup to get a core count boost compared to its predecessor, the Core i7-12700K. The Core i7-14700K features 20 cores with 8 P-cores and 12 E-cores, and a maximum turbo frequency of 5.6 GHz. The base clock is set at 3.4 GHz and the L3 cache size is 30 MB. The Core i7-14700K will be priced at $409, while the Core i7-14700KF without an iGPU will be $384.

The Core i5-14600K is the entry-level model of the Raptor Lake-S series, offering 14 cores with 6 P-cores and 8 E-cores, and a peak frequency of 5.3 GHz. The base clock is 3.5 GHz and the L3 cache is 24 MB. The Core i5-14600K will have a price tag of $319, while the Core i5-14600KF without an iGPU will be $294.

Interestingly, Intel has decided to keep the same pricing scheme as its previous generation Alder Lake-S series, meaning that there is no price increase for any of the Raptor Lake-S SKUs. This could be a sign of Intel's confidence in its product competitiveness against AMD's Ryzen offerings.

All of the Raptor Lake-S CPUs will have a default TDP of 125 W (PL1), with a maximum power limit of 253 W (PL2) for the Core i9/i7 models and 181 W (PL2) for the Core i5 model. These values are slightly higher than those of the Alder Lake-S CPUs, indicating that Intel has pushed its hybrid architecture to its limits.

HD Tecnologia has also posted some benchmark results from the official slides, showing how the Raptor Lake-S CPUs compare to their Alder Lake-S counterparts and some AMD Ryzen CPUs in various workloads.

The slides are under embargo until later today, but we expect them to be publicly available soon. Stay tuned for more coverage on Intel's Raptor Lake-S desktop processors.

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