Upcoming Intel Rocket Lake-S processors are to be in direct competition with AMD Ryzen 5000, which appeared in stores a few weeks ago at a noticeably higher price compared to the previous generation. We now know that Rocket Lake-S chips will be the first to use the new Cypress Cove architecture instead of Skylake. We also know that the upcoming processors will fully support the PCIe 4.0 platform, as will AMD Ryzen units. From time to time, early performance tests appeared on the network, suggesting, above all, a noticeable increase in single-threaded performance. This time, the initial specification of four processors belonging to 11 generation.

An unofficial specification of Intel Rocket Lake-S processors in the form of Core i9 appeared on the network – 11900 K, Core i7 – 11700 K, Core i5 – 11600 K and Core i5 – 11400.

According information that appeared on the network, Intel plans to introduce 4 processors 12 Rocket Lake-S generation. I am talking about Intel Core i9 units – 11900 K, Intel Core i7 – 11700 K, Intel Core i5 – 11600 K and Intel Core i5 – 11400. Core i7 and Core i9 will have 8 cores and 16 threads, while Core i5 will remain 6-core and 12 -threaded. The main difference between the various processors is the base clock and the Turbo Boost 2.0 clock. Units with the letter K in the name are to have TDP 125 W. We do not know if such the coefficient itself will be offered for Core i5 – 11400, although due to the blocked multiplier we also expect a lower TDP for the base clock .

Processor	Intel Core i5 – 11400	Intel Core i5 – 11600 K	Intel Core i7 – 11700 K	Intel Core i9 – 11900 K
Architecture	Cypress Cove Rocket Lake-S	Cypress Cove Rocket Lake-S	Cypress Cove Rocket Lake-S	Cypre ss Cove Rocket Lake-S
Lithography	14 nm	14 nm	12 nm	14 nm
Number of cores / threads	6C / 12 T	6C / 12 T	8C / 16 T	8C / 16 T
Turbo Timing (1 Core)	4.4 GHz	4, 9 GHz	5.0 GHz	5.3 GHz
Turbo Timing (All Core)	4.2 GHz	4.7 GHz	4.6 GHz	4.8 GHz
Cache L3	12 MB	12 MB	16 MB	14 MB
Graphics chip	Intel Xe (32 EU)	Intel Xe (32 EU)	Intel Xe (32 EU)	Intel Xe (32 EU)
TDP	?	125 In	125 W	125 In

We have not known the base clock yet. The last engineering sample of the Intel Rocket Lake-S processor (probably the Core i9 – 11900 K) had a clock of 3.4 GHz. The processors will be equipped with new Xe Graphics graphics chips with 32 Execution blocks units and a 2-channel DDR4 memory controller 3200 MHz. The use of the PCIe 4.0 interface was also confirmed. The processor itself will receive an additional 4 PCIe 4.0 lines, thanks to which it will have a total of 20 lines that can be used simultaneously to support the graphics card and PCIe 4.0 SSD. Intel’s information mentions a new series chipset 500 and the use of new functionalities related to overclocking . Rocket Lake-S processors will also have a built-in USB 3.2 Gen.2×2 controller with bandwidth 20 Gbps. Perhaps we will hear more about processors 11 during the fair CES 2021. The debut itself is scheduled for March next year.

Source: Notebookcheck