Thursday, September 17th 2026
Intel Reportedly Preparing 8P+8E ''Raptor Lake Next" Chip to Replace Core i5-14600K
Intel is reportedly preparing to retire the Core i5-14600K in favor of a new "Raptor Lake Next" chip with eight P-cores and eight E-cores. According to leaker Jaykihn on X (spotted by VideoCardz), the successor will have two more Performance cores than the current 14600K, putting it on par with the Core i7-14700K in P-core count, though not necessarily in cache or clocks. Raptor Lake Next is the codename for Intel's plan to extend the LGA 1700 platform with fresh silicon based on the original Raptor Lake design rather than the newer Raptor Lake Refresh. The chips are expected to launch alongside new LGA 1700 motherboards from Intel's partners in early 2027.
Intel seems to be using the lineup to fill gaps in the 14th Gen stack instead of replacing it outright, and it's reportedly also working on more 125W and 65W desktop SKUs alongside mobile variants. DDR4 support is apparently part of the pitch, which would help buyers sidestep today's DDR5 pricing crisis. More P-cores should help in games that lean on core count, and it looks like this could put the chip ahead of the Core Ultra 5 250K Plus, since the current 14600K already trades blows with Arrow Lake Refresh in several titles. That said, this is a single-source claim for now, so treat the exact configuration and timing as rumor until Intel or its partners confirm anything.
Sources:
Jaykihn on X, via Videocardz
Intel seems to be using the lineup to fill gaps in the 14th Gen stack instead of replacing it outright, and it's reportedly also working on more 125W and 65W desktop SKUs alongside mobile variants. DDR4 support is apparently part of the pitch, which would help buyers sidestep today's DDR5 pricing crisis. More P-cores should help in games that lean on core count, and it looks like this could put the chip ahead of the Core Ultra 5 250K Plus, since the current 14600K already trades blows with Arrow Lake Refresh in several titles. That said, this is a single-source claim for now, so treat the exact configuration and timing as rumor until Intel or its partners confirm anything.
54 Comments on Intel Reportedly Preparing 8P+8E ''Raptor Lake Next" Chip to Replace Core i5-14600K
Did they gain better control over pitches etc
solder a bit on the socket or hack the firmware to add cpu support which was basically possible in the first place.
I fail to understand the enthusiasm...
I do not think Intel would sell 12P BL cheaply anyway.
EDIT: I tried to find the 273PQE for sale and except an extremely overpriced offer for 788 Euro at Mouser I found nothing. That is concerning.
10nm++++Intel 7 that they don't want to wind it down and retire it just yet.Remember Cannon Lake? Yeah, that was the start of Intel's Troubled 10nm life, back 11 years ago. It was delayed, delayed, delayed again, soaking up billions of dollars of investment and eventually churning out a completely broken i3-8121U three years late with half the cores disabled, all of the IGP disabled, and horrible yields, even with that low bar to clear.
Here we are in 2026, 11 years later and with class-actions over degrading, faulty 13th/14th gen silicon still fresh in peoples' minds, Intel continue to flog this dead horse. Miraculously, after tens of billions of dollars of flogging this dead horse, there is a glimmer of life still.
LGA 1700 platform is also better than AM4.
This normally should be considered a good thing, AMD get heavily praised for longer lasting chipsets. However of course this new chip is no meaningful upgrade.
Not everything has to be a misguided fanboy flame war; There is no such thing as brand loyalty if you remember that all of the major brands just see you as a little more than a walking bank account they can tap into. AMD + Intel + Nvidia all make both good and bad products, AMD + Intel + Nvidia all make good and bad marketing decisions. If you were going to try and take a side, then you cannot ever base that on a single good or bad product without coming across as a fanboy, so the general advice is "dont" and to keep an open (but skeptical) mind.
I hope it doesn't suffer from any of the issues that plagued Raptor Lake. More quality options can hurt no buyer, LGA1700 is still a solid platform and while catering to DDR4 seems a desperate move, desperate times require such moves.
It was the K-series and i9s that suffered from the highest defect rate. I've personally handled maybe 50+ 12/13/14th gen Intel systems and never dealt with any unstable i5-13500 or 12400F models. Those are all comfortably sub-5GHz parts....
I've had Zen2 parts fail with just as much regularity (that doesn't mean equally because I buy 5-10x more AMD systems than Intel systems) but most of those were 6+ years of 24/7 by the time they started to show WHEA errors. AMD chips definitely degrade in time too - but a much smaller percentage of them and after quadruple the working lifespan.