Monday, July 17th 2023
Intel "Arrow Lake-S" Desktop Processor Projected 6%-21% Faster than "Raptor Lake-S"
Intel's future-generation "Arrow Lake-S" desktop processor is already being sampled internally, and to some of the company's closest industry partners, and some of the first performance projections of the processor, comparing it with the current "Raptor Lake-S" (Core i9-13900K), have surfaced, and upcoming "Raptor Lake Refresh" desktop processor (probably the i9-14900K), have surfaced. First, while the "Raptor Lake Refresh" family sees core-count increases across the board for Core i3, Core i5, and Core i7 brand extensions, the 14th Gen Core i9 series is widely expected to be a damp squib compared to the current i9-13900 series, and it shows in the performance projection graphs, where the supposed-i9-14900K is barely 0% to 3% faster, probably on account of slightly higher clock speeds (100-300 MHz).
The "Arrow Lake-S" processor in these graphs has a core-configuration of 8P+16E. Since this is a projection, it does not reflect the final core-configuration of "Arrow Lake-S," but is a guideline on what performance increase to expect versus "Raptor Lake," assuming the same core-configuration and power limits. All said and done, "Arrow Lake-S" is projected to offer a performance increase ranging between 6% in the worst case, to 21% in the best-case benchmark, compared to the current i9-13900K, assuming an identical core-config and power-limits. The CPU benchmarks in the projection span the SPECrate2017 suite, CrossMark, SYSmark 25, WebXPRT 4, Chrome Speedometer 2.1, and Geekbench 5.4.5 ST and MT.One area where "Arrow Lake-S" is expected to offer a performance leap is with its integrated graphics. Based on the Xe-LPG graphics architecture (DirectX 12 Ultimate capable), and armed with 8 Xe cores (128 EU), the iGPU is projected to offer a massive 240% graphics performance uplift over the current Xe-LP based iGPU of the "Raptor Lake-S" that has 32 EU.
With Intel expected to call 2023 a wrap with the "Raptor Lake Refresh" series planned for Q4-2023 on the existing LGA1700 platform, all eyes are on what Intel does in 2024. The company's subsequent desktop platform will introduce the new Socket LGA1851, and require a new motherboard. It's unclear if the platform will debut with a "Meteor Lake-S" as the microarchitecture's compute tile tops out at a 6P+16E core-count. "Arrow Lake-S" surfaced on leaked roadmap slides with a mid-2024 mass-production commencement timeline, which should put product launches some time in the second half of 2024.
Source:
Igor's Lab
The "Arrow Lake-S" processor in these graphs has a core-configuration of 8P+16E. Since this is a projection, it does not reflect the final core-configuration of "Arrow Lake-S," but is a guideline on what performance increase to expect versus "Raptor Lake," assuming the same core-configuration and power limits. All said and done, "Arrow Lake-S" is projected to offer a performance increase ranging between 6% in the worst case, to 21% in the best-case benchmark, compared to the current i9-13900K, assuming an identical core-config and power-limits. The CPU benchmarks in the projection span the SPECrate2017 suite, CrossMark, SYSmark 25, WebXPRT 4, Chrome Speedometer 2.1, and Geekbench 5.4.5 ST and MT.One area where "Arrow Lake-S" is expected to offer a performance leap is with its integrated graphics. Based on the Xe-LPG graphics architecture (DirectX 12 Ultimate capable), and armed with 8 Xe cores (128 EU), the iGPU is projected to offer a massive 240% graphics performance uplift over the current Xe-LP based iGPU of the "Raptor Lake-S" that has 32 EU.
With Intel expected to call 2023 a wrap with the "Raptor Lake Refresh" series planned for Q4-2023 on the existing LGA1700 platform, all eyes are on what Intel does in 2024. The company's subsequent desktop platform will introduce the new Socket LGA1851, and require a new motherboard. It's unclear if the platform will debut with a "Meteor Lake-S" as the microarchitecture's compute tile tops out at a 6P+16E core-count. "Arrow Lake-S" surfaced on leaked roadmap slides with a mid-2024 mass-production commencement timeline, which should put product launches some time in the second half of 2024.
75 Comments on Intel "Arrow Lake-S" Desktop Processor Projected 6%-21% Faster than "Raptor Lake-S"
Returning to the actual topic of this thread, it's still premature to write off Arrow Lake.
perf/usd is better than the colleague wants to suggest? What?
In the meanwhile Intel turned the i9 12900k into the i5 14600k, assuming the rumors are real, within 2 years. That's like the 7600x being faster than the 5950x.
To show some numbers of AMDs generational improvements.
www.techspot.com/review/2333-amd-cpu-performance-progress/
But just looking at reviews here at TPU (I double checked for games@720p, but not for work - for work it's probably more than that, iirc):
2700X was ~8% faster than 1700X
3700X was ~10% faster than 2700X
5700X is 20% faster than 3700X
5800X3D is another 11% faster than 5700X
I think it's a fair comparison here! 12.25% on average, thanks to Zen3 being such an improvement, not that far from the 10% I've talked about. Sure, with Intel you'd have to spend at least another 150$ on a new motherboard in the same timespan but you'd also get new features along the way, which may or may not be worth it.
1700X-2700X - 10%
2700X-3700X - 11%
3700X-5700X - ~20%
5700X-5800X3D - 15%
So that's more like 14% average per generation, pretty decent.
My local brick n mortar will most likely have the 14600k fringe $200 when 15th gen comes out so that's a solid upgrade over what I have for a good price. Should be able to ride that out till PS6
Reading your comments I see you are Intel fanboy because calculating efficacy not from real workloads but from Cinebench scores that loves EEEEE Cores is ridiculous.
7700X 123,4s at 135W
12700K 106,1s at 174W
so
7700X took 4,6275Wh
12700K took 5,1282Wh
Its clear that Intel is faster at cost of energy usage, dont change facts to your world view.
14 - 13 - 12
How many numbers do you see?
When you compare those both stock it's very different.
you are using only cinebench benchmark which is best case scenario.
i already told you once you can't cope with information and it's nonsense talking to you