Monday, October 26th 2026
Intel "Raptor Lake Next" 16-Core and 20-Core CPUs Surface
Intel is actively planning the "Raptor Lake Next" chips as an update to its Socket LGA-1700 desktop processors. These chips are essential for PC buyers who are limited to the decade-old DDR4 memory standard due to the high prices of DDR5 memory, especially since the current Core Ultra "Arrow Lake" processors do not support DDR4. Today, two "Raptor Lake Next" chips have appeared in shipping manifests, which usually indicate that the CPUs are being shipped as samples to customers or as part of a production run returning to Intel, suggesting a nearby launch. Four SKUs have been identified, labeled 99DLMV, 99DLMT, 99DLMW, and 99DLMX.
However, we have details on only two models, 99DLMV and 99DLMT. The 99DLMV is a 16-core design with 8 P-Cores and 8 E-Cores, a clock speed of 3.5 GHz, 30 MB of CPU cache, and a TDP of up to 125 W. The 99DLMT is a 20-core SKU with 8 P-Cores and 12 E-Cores, running at 2.1 GHz, with a CPU cache capacity of 33 MB, and a TDP of 65 W. These leaked models align with previous rumors, such as the one suggesting that Intel plans to replace the Core i5-14600K with a new "Raptor Lake Next" chip featuring 8 P-Cores and 8 E-Cores. Therefore, the 99DLMV SKU might be the one previously speculated about.
Additionally, GIGABYTE has released BIOS updates to prepare its entire Intel B760 and H610 motherboard lineup for upcoming LGA1700 processors, which the company expects to launch in early 2027. We can anticipate these "Raptor Lake Next" CPUs to launch either before the "Nova Lake" and new LGA1954 platform, or at the same time, as an alternative to the new CPU generation. Laptop "Raptor Lake Next" chips are expected to carry Core 2000HX series branding, but desktop variants now remain mysterious.
Sources:
Club386, via VideoCardz
However, we have details on only two models, 99DLMV and 99DLMT. The 99DLMV is a 16-core design with 8 P-Cores and 8 E-Cores, a clock speed of 3.5 GHz, 30 MB of CPU cache, and a TDP of up to 125 W. The 99DLMT is a 20-core SKU with 8 P-Cores and 12 E-Cores, running at 2.1 GHz, with a CPU cache capacity of 33 MB, and a TDP of 65 W. These leaked models align with previous rumors, such as the one suggesting that Intel plans to replace the Core i5-14600K with a new "Raptor Lake Next" chip featuring 8 P-Cores and 8 E-Cores. Therefore, the 99DLMV SKU might be the one previously speculated about.
130 Comments on Intel "Raptor Lake Next" 16-Core and 20-Core CPUs Surface
Doubt people who have a DDR4 system get that much of an upgrade from these.
I think this is a rather pointless release.
Core count wise this seems to be a 13700 and 14700K. Likely being sold as i5/i7. So pretty nice if for i5 prices you can get a new production 13700K compatible with DDR4/5.
Intel just needs to sell Bartlett Lake parts on consumer desktop, no need for these extra SKUs.
Yes, there's B760, but then IO and build quality quite often goes questionable.
Maybe this is primarily for cheap laptops and prebuilts, that's the logical alternative.
Intel refreshed Arrow Lake, and that had many more underlying changes than Raptor Lake will have, so it fit within the original naming scheme, only with a Plus added to it.
Refreshing an old product and giving it a new name seems deceiving, especially to the uninformed customer. If AMD dared to call the reheated 5800X3D anything other than its original name, you’d be the first one to show up in the comments to criticize.
Android Tactics may work on Android Smartphone field very well with Octa Cores and DRAM when the consumers are the average joe.
The last 30 times i checked intel webpage they changed their specifications in months and they are unable to provide all cpu features in any point of time. they also remove cpu instructions on the fly. intel cpus get massively slower after reviews because of various firmware updates and CVE.
That is retro computing: Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/236799/intel-core-i5-processor-14600k-24m-cache-up-to-5-30-ghz/specifications.html
According to Intel all cores only support, Intel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2, that is for sure 100% false.
What a nonsense:
Intel® 64 ‡
Yes
was it not called amd64 for years?Which Intel does silently, I argue about the INTEL spec and somoene else pulls a INTEL spec which is a few intel months later.
The biggest INTEL Joke is, they call it specificiations. I do not see a lot of specifications there.
www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/sku/236799/intel-core-i5-processor-14600k-24m-cache-up-to-5-30-ghz/specifications.html
The so called intel specificiations, which can change silently over the time:
PCI Express Revision
5.0 and 4.0
PCI Express Configurations ‡
Up to 1x16+4, 2x8+4
Okay, the PCIE Configurations, no word about Lanes, are those PCIE 1.0 Lanes? yes?
Up to 1x16+4, 2x8+4? Or are all PCIE 5.0 Lanes?
Raptor Lake Refresh (14th gen) gave one SKU (14700K) more cores, and bumped frequencies across the board. Non K SKUs remained based on 12th gen Alder Lake arch.
This "Raptor Lake Next" seems to do another core bump for the tiers, and likely has frequency changes. So it "fits within the naming scheme, only with a next added to it".
All three of these examples are similar, more cores, more frequency, some software optimization. So I'm still confused. Where exactly is the deception? Intel is still marketing this as "Raptor Lake" Next, and just like the 5800X3D "Anniversary Edition", it's being brought back to make use of existing DDR4/motherboards, since newer arch require DDR5.It's called the "Anniversary Edition" despite having zero spec changes besides a bundled graphene pad, and was presumably released for the same reasons as RPL-Next, which does actually have spec differences to previous RPL SKUs according to this article.Let's skip the projection.
not Ultra2000, or whatever. That's what's gonna make the naïve folks think it might even be better than Arrow Lake/Plus, since it'll be launched after that and closely followed by Nova Lake.It's just an old product, that's gonna be brought back, given a new name, a few changes, and made to look new. Intel should be honest with its future customers and call it Core i7/i9 14700/14900K Plus then. Would've made more sense.Not necessary, everyone here knows this to be a fact.
Sit and wait for the official release :)Those are your words, not mine.You mean the same forum that often posts rumors about unreleased products from dubious reddit sources?
Let's skip the "technical detail and consistency" narrative, please.