Intel’s upcoming Rocket Lake CPUs details were recently leaked via a user on the Chinese Bilibili forums. The user shared details about 3 upcoming CPUs namely Core i9-11900, Core i7-11700, and Core i7-11700K.
Firstly the Core i9-11900 (non-K) comes in an eight-core 16-thread configuration and a 16MB L3 cache. The base clock is set at 1.8 GHz, while the single-core boost clock is set at 4.5 GHz and the all-core boost appears to top out at 4 GHz.
The Core i9-11900 will be a 65W processor, but the PL2 value is actually configured to 224W meaning the CPU will still require some beefy cooling. Like all other non-K chips, Core i9-11900 will be locked and if some rumors are to be believed users can expect the memory overclocking feature to be available on non-K chips this time.
The other two CPUs, the Core i7-11700K and Core i7-11700 share similar core configurations as the Core i9-11900. While in the case of the Core i7-11700K, the base clock is set at 3.4 GHz and a 4.8 GHz single-core boost clock.
The all-core boost clock is a bit lower at 4.3 GHz while being a 125W CPU. Similarly, the PL2 value is set at 250W higher than the faster Core i9-11900.
The last of the leaked CPUs, the Core i7-11700 allegedly checks features a similar 1.8 GHz base clock as Core i9-11900 and just a bit lower single-core boost clock at 4.4 GHz. However, the all-core boost clock is stuck at a measly 3.8 GHz.
Similar to the Core i9-11900, the Core i7-11700 also shares the same power values, a 65W processor with the PL2 value configured to 224W.
Furthermore, the user also shares the fact that these Chips will sport a default XMP frequency of DDR4-3200. However, it is also possible to pair these chips with DDR4-4133 memory on an unspecified B560 motherboard. Hinting at the possibility of Intel enabling memory overclocking on lower-tier B560 chipset.
Also in another leak, Twitter user Leakbench & TUM_APISAK were able to spot Intel’s Core i7-11700K Rocket Lake Desktop CPU in the Geekbench database.
The latest benchmarks show that the Intel Rocket Lake Corei7-11700K beats AMD’s fastest Ryzen 7 5800X CPU in both single-core and multi-core benchmarks by a comfortable margin of more than 8% in both scenarios.
The chip was running at a stable 5.0 GHz and in terms of performance, it scored 1810 points in single-core and 11304 points in multi-core tests.
Although these chips are still at the aging 14nm node and have a vastly worse power efficiency over AMD’s 7nm process. Rumors have also said that the chip averages around 150W under load at the default config (with boost) meaning they will generate more heat and require a better cooling solution than AMD’s offering.
