Intel keeps releasing new generations of processors, and in 2023 we could see the release of the 14th generation of Meteor Lake processors. We don’t know much about these CPUs at the moment, but many leaks and rumors give information about the possible release date, the specifications and, above all, the performance.
The battle to launch the best processor is fiercer than ever, and Meteor Lake is a turning point for Intel. With a fresh approach to CPU design, Meteor Lake could kick off a comeback for Intel as it tries to keep up with Apple and continues to try to outdo AMD.
Still, it’s too early to tell now. In the meantime, this is all we know about Intel’s 14th-gen Meteor Lake processors.
Price and release date
Intel hasn’t announced a release date for its Meteor Lake processors, but they should arrive in 2023, which is the timeline Intel announced when it first revealed Meteor Lake processors and laid out a plan for when the chips would go into production. However, the latest findings imply that Intel’s initial roadmap may have been largely derailed.
A rumor from YouTuber Moore’s Law Is Dead suggests that Meteor Lake chips will start appearing in October 2023, with a 14-core CPU leading the way. If that turns out to be true, it would be a huge shakeup compared to previous generations. Intel usually starts out by releasing desktop processors, so it’s strange, to say the least, to see a mobile chip released first.
In fact, several leaks claim that the Intel Meteor Lake-S (desktop) line may be in trouble. OneRaichu, a Twitter frequent tipster, shared a cryptic tweet in late 2022 and it appears Moore’s Law is dead, agreeing that the range can be canceled for now.
If this checks out, it doesn’t necessarily mean Intel won’t release anything in 2023. Instead, it could release a Raptor Lake update and move Meteor Lake to another year, but many signs point to it being scrapped altogether. If that happens, Intel could release Meteor Lake for laptops alongside the Raptor Lake upgrade for desktops, jumping right into Arrow Lake for its next-gen desktop chips.
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Hardware Times has shared what appears to be an official slide from Intel that seems to confirm the rumors of Meteor Lake being canceled for desktops. The updated roadmap reveals that Intel may not be planning to release Raptor Lake-S processors until 2023; all mentions of Meteor Lake appear to have been removed. This is all just a speculative timeline at this point though, as Intel hasn’t confirmed any release dates outside of the year and hasn’t commented on these cancellation rumors.
As for the price, it’s hard to say. The current generation of Intel processors ranges from around $100 for the cheapest model to over $650 for the most expensive. We don’t foresee any big changes to the price of Meteor Lake, but the cost mostly comes down to where the rivalry between AMD and Intel will be when the Meteor Lake CPUs are ready for release.
Intel has confirmed that Meteor Lake processors will carry the new branding. The company is ditching the “i” it used for more than 15 years and replacing it with the “Core Ultra” designation.
Glasses
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We haven’t seen the specs for the Meteor Lake processors leaked yet, and that makes sense. Although Intel has already released the full range of Raptor Lake CPUs, pre-production Meteor Lake chips have yet to start showing up in leaked benchmarks. The biggest news we have comes from the Meteor Lake leak that revealed loose specs about mobile processors.
The leak shows the U, P and H variants of Meteor Lake mobile processors, which is in line with Intel. U-series processors are typically 15W or less, P-series 28W, and H-series 45W, but Intel may be able to change power ranges.
More interestingly, the leak revealed that Meteor Lake mobile processors will have a maximum of 14 cores divided into six performance cores and eight efficiency cores. The generation is also confirmed to support DDR5 and LPDDR5, as well as PCIe 5.0, which are all platform features currently supported by Intel. It also looks like Intel may drop DDR4 support entirely with Meteor Lake.
Although Intel has worked hard to increase the number of cores in recent generations, this practice may be coming to an end. It is rumored that Intel may limit the number of P cores in its future flagship, the Core i9-14900K, to six. That would make six P cores and 16 E cores, for a total of 22 cores.
The anonymous sources cited by Moore’s Law Is Dead seem to imply that Intel may move away from these high core counts and favor more balanced power consumption. It’s hard to say how this will affect Meteor Lake’s specs and performance, but it’s generally true.
Architecture
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The architecture is where we get the most news about Meteor Lake processors. This is the generation where Intel plans to unify its roadmap, unifying various dies from multiple vendors while also taking advantage of hybrid architecture.
The CPU itself is built on an Intel 4 process, and Meteor Lake will be the first to have this node (after Intel 7 on Alder Lake and Meteor Lake). Even more interesting is how Intel is changing the design to compete with Apple’s processors. In addition to the main compute chip, Meteor Lake also has separate GPU, IO, and system-on-a-chip (SoC).
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Intel hasn’t confirmed which node it will use for these dies, but it should come from chipmaker TSMC, which is behind most current nodes within processors and GPUs. Intel will also be looking to turn to a Taiwanese manufacturer to help with some of the dies on the Meteor Lake CPUs. Intel is still working on the design, but TSMC could be a part of these processors.
Competing with Apple seems to be Intel’s goal, as it wants to offer not just a CPU, but a complete computer-on-a-chip (similar to Apple’s M-series processors). This is made possible by Intel Foveros, a multi-die packaging technology that Intel has been rejecting for years.
This approach could help Intel push more efficient CPUs with a broader feature set. This could also make it more difficult to run Meteor Lake. With so many dies, Meteor Lake seems vulnerable to production delays and hiccups, but we’ll have to wait until late 2023 to see the state of the 14th-gen CPUs.
In terms of cores, Intel is reportedly using the new Redwood Cove cores for performance and Crestmont cores for efficiency. Like the previous two generations, Intel combines two different types of cores in the compute die to provide a large number of cores without the increased power consumption associated with them. Crestmont cores are said to have up to a 15% improvement in instructions per cycle (IPC) compared to the last generation of Gracemont, and Redwood Cove could offer up to a 25% IPC increase compared to Raptor Cove.
Outside of the computer network, we don’t know much. Intel is using its Arc GPU architecture for the graphics card, but it’s unclear if that card will use the current generation Arc Alchemist or the next generation Arc Battlemage. Given Arc’s past issues with lag and driver bugs, Intel might stick with a familiar architecture to avoid more widespread issues. Leaked benchmarks show that this integrated GPU can match even some discrete graphics cards.
In addition to the CPU and GPU chips, each Meteor Lake processor will have a dedicated AI processor, called a VPU. Intel says that these processors are 10 times more powerful when it comes to AI work compared to a CPU, while using only a fifth of the power. Intel’s VPU isn’t new, but it’s the first time it’s been included in a product line.
Performance
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We have no leaked benchmarks for Meteor Lake, let alone performance numbers from Intel. The biggest clues right now are about the Intel 4 manufacturing process, which Intel claims delivers 21.5% higher frequency than the previous node at the same power, or a 40% reduction in power over the previous node. same frequency.
A higher frequency by itself does not mean better processor performance. Still, the frequency seems to be a boost for Intel, so it could help with 14th-gen chips. The ultimate Intel Raptor Lake flagship, the Core i9-13900KS, can reach 6 GHz even without overclocking. Chips further down the line can also be tuned to reach that frequency. It is possible that the 14th generation flagship will increase those numbers.
Anyway, we shouldn’t jump to conclusions about performance right now. Meteor Lake is a completely different beast than Raptor Lake, and we’re probably still months away from any release.
new point of sale
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It is rumored that Intel will introduce a new socket with Meteor Lake. The current generation of processors uses the LGA 1700 socket, but rumors suggest that Intel will use the LGA 1851 socket for Meteor Lake. That means new motherboards and possibly new platform features, but we don’t have any details on that yet.
Given how similar the designs are, it’s possible that CPU coolers that currently support Alder Lake processors will also work with Meteor Lake. We have no confirmation of this, but it is possible.
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