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Intel Raptor Lake-S Desktop CPU Roadmap & Full Lineup Leaks Out, Core i9 With Up To 24, Core i7 With Up To 16 Core on Raptor Cove Architecture
Intel Raptor Lake-S Desktop CPU Roadmap & Full Lineup Leaks Out, Core i9 With Up To 24, Core i7 With Up To 16 Core on Raptor Cove Architecture-February 2024
Feb 12, 2026 6:51 PM

Intel's Raptor Lake-S Desktop CPUs which will be part of the 13th Gen Core family and feature up to cores based on the Raptor Cove & Gracemont core architecture have leaked out by AdoredTV.

Intel Raptor Cove Core Powered 13th Gen Raptor Lake-S Desktop CPUs Feature Up To 24 Cores, Full Lineup Leaked

Replacing the Intel Alder Lake-S 12th Gen Core family, the Intel Raptor Lake-S lineup will be part of the 13th Gen Core family and feature two brand new core architectures. These architectures will be featuring Raptor Cove as performance cores & an enhanced Gracemont core which will be serving as efficiency cores.

Intel Raptor Lake-S Desktop CPUs 13th Gen Core Family With Raptor Cove Cores

Intel Raptor Lake-S Desktop CPU Lineup & Configurations

According to the leaked data, the lineup will consist of three segments that were leaked out in the recent power recommendations. These include the 'K' series enthusiast SKUs rated at 125W, 65W mainstream SKUs, and 35W low-power SKUs. Coming to the top-end variants, we will be getting up to 24 cores followed by 16 core, 10 core, 4 core, and 2 core variants. The SKUs are detailed below:

Intel Core i9 K-Series (8 Golden + 16 Grace) = 24 Cores / 32 Threads / 36 MBIntel Core i7 K-Series (8 Golden + 8 Grace) = 16 Cores / 24 Threads / 30 MBIntel Core i5 K-Series (6 Golden + 8 Grace) = 14 Cores / 20 Threads / 24 MBIntel Core i5 S-Series (6 Golden + 4 Grace) = 14 Cores / 16 Threads / 21 MBIntel Core i3 S-Series (4 Golden + 0 Grace) = 4 Cores / 8 Threads / 12 MBIntel Pentium S-Series (2 Golden + 0 Grace) = 4 Cores / 4 Threads / 6 MB

The enthusiast 125W Intel Raptor Lake-S Desktop SKUs will feature Core i9 models featuring up to 8 Raptor Cove cores and 16 Gracemont cores for a total of 24 cores and 32 threads. Intel's Core i7 lineup will consist of 16 core (8+8), Core i5 models will consist of 14 core (6+8) and 10 core (6+4) & finally, we have the Core i3 models which will feature 4 cores but without any efficiency cores. The lineup will also include Pentium SKUs which will feature just 2 Raptor Cove cores. All Core variants will feature a 32 EU (256 core) enhanced Xe integrated GPU. Certain Core i5 and Pentium variants will also come configured with 24 EU and 16 EU iGPUs.

Intel 12th Gen Alder Lake-S & 13th Gen Raptor Lake-S Desktop CPU Comparison (Preliminary):

CPU NameP-Core CountE-Core CountTotal Core / ThreadP-Core Base / Boost (Max)P-Core Boost (All-Core)E-Core Base / BoostE-Core Boost (All-Core)CacheTDPMSRP
Intel Core i9-13900K81624 / 323.0 / 5.8 GHz5.5 GHz (All-Core)TBD / 4.7 GHz4.3 GHz (All-Core)68 MB125W (PL1)
250W (PL2)?
TBA
Intel Core i9-12900K8816 / 243.2 / 5.2 GHz4.9 GHz (All Core)2.4 / 3.9 GHz3.7 GHz (All Core)30 MB125W (PL1)
241W (PL2)
$599 US
Intel Core i7-13700K8816 / 243.4 / 5.4 GHz5.3 GHz (All Core)3.4 / 4.3 GHzTBA54 MB125W (PL1)
228W (PL2)?
TBA
Intel Core i7-12700K8412 / 203.6 / 5.0 GHz4.7 GHz (All Core)2.7 / 3.8 GHz3.6 GHz (All Core)25 MB125W (PL1)
190W (PL2)
$419 US
Intel Core i5-13600K6814 / 203.5 / 5.2 GHz5.1 GHz (All-Core)3.5 / 3.9 GHzTBA44 MB125W (PL1)
180W (PL2)?
TBA
Intel Core i5-12600K6410 / 163.7 / 4.9 GHz4.5 GHz (All Core)2.8 / 3.6 GHz3.4 GHz (All Core)20 MB125W (PL1)
150W (PL2)
$299 US

Intel Raptor Lake-S Desktop CPU Platform Details

Other details include a larger L2 cache which will be branded as Intel's own 'Game Cache' for Core CPUs and clock speeds will feature a boost clock bump of 200 MHz so we can expect up to 5.5 GHz boost clocks considering Alder Lake-S Desktop CPUs will top out at 5.3 GHz. The Intel Raptor Lake-S chips will also support faster DDR5 memory speeds of up to 5600 Mbps (6500 Mbps LPDDR5(X)). It looks like there will be three main dies which will be configured into these SKUs starting with a top 'Large' die consist of 8 Cove and 16 Atom cores, a 'Mid' die with 8 Core and 8 Atom cores, and lastly, a 'Small' die with 6 Cove cores and no Atom cores.

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Intel Raptor Lake-S Desktop CPU Power Requirements

Coming to the power requirements, the Intel Raptor Lake-S 125W variant will feature a PL1 rating of 125W (125W in performance mode), PL2 rating of 188W (253W in performance mode) & a PL4 rating of 238W (314W in performance mode). You can notice that the PL4 rating is lower due to the newly introduced reactive operation but the PL2 rating has gone slightly up compared to Intel Alder Lake (253W vs 241W).

The same is the case with the 65W Alder Lake chips which have a PL1 rating of 65W (65W in perf mode), PL2 rating of 133W (219W in perf mode), and a PL4 rating of 179W (277W in perf mode). In the end, we have the Intel Alder Lake-S 35W variants which have a PL1 rating of 35W (35W in perf mode), PL2 rating of 80W (106W in perf mode), and a PL4 rating of 118W (152W in perf mode).

Intel Raptor Lake Desktop CPUs Power Ratings

CPU TDP Segment125W65W35W
Alder Lake PL2188W (241W Perf)126W (202W Perf)78W (106W Perf)
Raptor Lake PL2188W (253W Perf)133W (219W Perf)80W (106W Perf)
Alder Lake PL4283W (359W Perf)195W (311W Perf)131W (171W Perf)
Raptor Lake PL4238W (314W Perf)179W (277W Perf)118W (152W Perf)
Peak Wattage Increase (Alder Lake vs Raptor Lake PL2 Perf)+5%+5.5%+2.5%
Peak Wattage Increase (Alder Lake vs Raptor Lake PL4 Perf)-19%-9%-11%

Intel Mainstream CPU Generations Comparison:

Intel CPU FamilyProcessor ProcessProcessor ArchitectureGraphics ArchitectureProcessors Cores/Threads (Max)TDPsPlatform ChipsetPlatformMemory SupportPCIe SupportLaunch
Sandy Bridge (2nd Gen)32nmSandy BridgeHD30004/835-95W6-SeriesLGA 1155DDR3PCIe Gen 2.02011
Ivy Bridge (3rd Gen)22nmIvy BridgeHD40004/835-77W7-SeriesLGA 1155DDR3PCIe Gen 3.02012
Haswell (4th Gen)22nmHaswellHD46004/835-84W8-SeriesLGA 1150DDR3PCIe Gen 3.02013-2014
Broadwell (5th Gen)14nmBroadwellIris Pro 62004/865-65W9-SeriesLGA 1150DDR3PCIe Gen 3.02015
Skylake (6th Gen)14nmSkylakeHD 500 Series4/835-91W100-SeriesLGA 1151DDR4PCIe Gen 3.02015
Kaby Lake (7th Gen)14nmSkylakeHD 600 Series4/835-91W200-SeriesLGA 1151DDR4PCIe Gen 3.02017
Coffee Lake (8th Gen)14nmSkylakeHD 600 Series6/1235-95W300-SeriesLGA 1151DDR4PCIe Gen 3.02017
Coffee Lake (9th Gen)14nmSkylakeHD 600 Series8/1635-95W300-SeriesLGA 1151DDR4PCIe Gen 3.02018
Comet Lake (10th Gen)14nmSkylakeHD 600 Series10/2035-125W400-SeriesLGA 1200DDR4PCIe Gen 3.02020
Rocket Lake (11th Gen)14nmCypress CoveHD 700 Series8/1635-125W500-SeriesLGA 1200DDR4PCIe Gen 4.02021
Alder Lake (12th Gen)Intel 7Golden Cove (P-Core)
Gracemont (E-Core)
HD 700 Series16/2435-125W600 SeriesLGA 1700/1800DDR5 / DDR4PCIe Gen 5.02021
Raptor Lake (13th Gen)Intel 7Raptor Cove (P-Core)
Gracemont (E-Core)
HD 700 Series24/3235-125W700-SeriesLGA 1700/1800DDR5 / DDR4PCIe Gen 5.02022
Raptor Lake Refresh (TBA)Intel 7Raptor Cove (P-Core)
Gracemont (E-Core)
HD 700 Series24/3235-125W700-SeriesLGA 1700/1800DDR5 / DDR4PCIe Gen 5.02023
Meteor LakeIntel 4Redwood Cove (P-Core)
Crestmont (E-Core)
Xe1 (Alchemist)22/2835-65W800 SeriesLGA 1851DDR5PCIe Gen 5.02024
Arrow LakeIntel 20ALion Cove (P-Core)
Skymont (E-Core)
Xe1 (Alchemist)24/32TBA800 SeriesLGA 1851DDR5PCIe Gen 5.02024
Arrow Lake Refresh (TBA)Intel 20ALion Cove (P-Core)
Skymont (E-Core)
Xe1 (Alchemist)TBATBA800 SeriesLGA 1851DDR5PCIe Gen 5.02025
Lunar LakeIntel 18ATBDXe2 (Battlemage)TBATBA900-Series?LGA 1851??DDR5PCIe Gen 5.0?2025
Panther Lake (TBA)TBATBDXe3 (Celestial)TBDTBD900-Series?LGA 1851?DDR5PCIe Gen 6.0?2026
Nova Lake (TBA)Intel 18ATBDTBATBATBA1000-Series?TBADDR5?PCIe Gen 6.0?2026

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