Intel has listed down several next-generation CPU & GPU products on its official webpage which include the likes of Raptor Lake, Meteor Lake, Xe-HPG DG2 graphics cards, and several HPC class designs such as Emerald Lake & Ponte Vecchio. While we have all heard about these products at some point, the official listings also provide some additional details and all credit goes to Komachi and Momomo_US in finding these out.

Intel's Unreleased & Next-Generation CPU / GPU Families Confirmed - Raptor Lake, Meteor Lake, Xe-HPG DG2 For Consumers & Emerald Lake, Ponte Vecchio For HPC

There are several lineups to go through so we will divide the article into two segments, one for the CPUs and the other for the GPUs. The Intel CPU families that have been confirmed include the 13th Generation Raptor Lake & 14th Generation Meteor Lake. Well, Intel already confirmed Meteor Lake a few days back but we get a few more tidbits.

These two families are aimed at the consumer end & for servers, Intel has listed down its Emerald Lake and Diamond Lake families that will succeed the Sapphire Rapids and Granite Rapids Xeon CPUs. On the GPU front, Intel has listed down several of its Xe-HPG DG2 GPU-based graphics card configurations and also pointed out a specific variant of its flagship Ponte Vecchio GPU. So let's start off with the CPUs.

Intel 13th Generation Raptor Lake Desktop (Consumer) CPUs

The listing itself doesn't reveal any new specifications but does confirm that the Raptor Lake CPUs do exist and will now be part of the 13th Gen Intel Core CPU family. The Raptor Lake CPUs are also listed alongside Alder Lake CPUs (S-Series) which more or less confirms that they will be compatible with the LGA 1700 socket.

Intel Raptor Lake 13th Gen Desktop CPUs For Consumers (Image Via)

To start off with what we know so far, Intel Raptor Lake CPUs will be replacing Alder Lake but it won't be a huge change as we will get to see moving from Rocket Lake to Alder Lake. Alder Lake 12th Gen' CPUs will be the first Intel CPUs to utilize a hybrid core design approach while being based on the 10nm Enhanced SuperFin process. It will also get a brand new platform that will support DDR5 and PCIe 5.0. Raptor Lake will essentially carry most of these features over while offering slight upgrades to the platform and core changes.

For the desktop Intel Raptor Lake parts, it is stated that the lineup will get new hybrid CPU core changes for improved core performance. We know that Alder Lake maxes out at 16 cores and 24 threads. These include 8 cores based on the Golden Cove architecture and 8 cores based on the Gracemont core architecture. It is expected that Raptor Lake would reuse these cores but we can expect some changes to the way cache and clocks are handled for both desktop and mobility CPU parts.

There's also a mention of CPU cache for gaming which could be Intel's answer to AMD's own game cache. We don't know yet if this will be some embedded DRAM cache featured on Raptor Lake or a beefed-up L2/L3 design but we can definitely see some big performance upgrades in games that will help Intel compete with the absolute massive caches that AMD's Ryzen CPUs have to offer. The Intel vPro technology will also be expanded upon in terms of feature set. While Raptor Lake CPUs for the desktop will utilize DDR5-4800 and feature up to 48 PCIe Gen 5 lanes, mobility variants will get support for new LPDDR5X memory and also get a new DLVR power delivery system.

Intel 14th Generation Meteor Lake Desktop (Consumer) CPUs

Intel also confirms Meteor Lake, its 14th Generation Desktop CPU family, on its official webpage. We already got some details from Intel such as the fact that Intel's Meteor Lake line of desktop and mobility CPUs are expected to be based on a new line of Cove core architecture. This isrumoredto be known as the 'Redwood Cove' as was reported byMLID (Moore's Law is Dead)and will be based on a 7nm EUV process node. It is stated that the Redwood Cove is designed from the ground up to be an agnostic node which means that it can be fabricated at different fabs. There are references mentioned that point out to TSMC to be a backup or even a partial supplier for the Redwood Cove-based chips. This might tell us why Intel is stating multiple manufacturing processes for the CPU family.

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Intel Meteor Lake 14th Gen Desktop/Mobility CPUs For Consumers (Image Via)

The Meteor Lake CPUs may possibly be the first CPU generation from Intel to say farewell to the ring bus interconnect architecture. There are also rumors that Meteor Lake could be a fully 3D-Stacked design and could utilize an I/O die sourced from an external fab (TSMC sighted again). It is highlighted that Intel will be officially utilizing its Foveros Packaging Technology on the CPU to inter-connect the various dies on the chip (XPU).

The Meteor Lake Desktop CPU family is expected to retain support on the LGA 1700 socket which is the same socket used by Alder Lake & Raptor Lake processors. We can expect DDR5 memory and PCIe Gen 5.0 support. The platform will support both DDR5 & DDR4 memory with the mainstream and budget tier options going for DDR4 memory DIMMs while the premium & high-end offerings going for DDR5 DIMMs. The site also lists down both Meteor Lake P and Meteor Lake M CPUs that will be aimed at mobility platforms.

Intel Mainstream CPU Generations Comparison: