A tweet by a relatively new leaker provides additional details to something we have already confirmed for our readers: that Intel’s Raptor Lake CPUs are coming to laptops early next year. The leaker (via Videocardz) also validates another older exclusive: that Intel will be launching its HEDT Xeon family of CPUs will be launching in February 2023. It looks like Intel has quietly been preparing to start clawing back market share from AMD and 2023 is going to have a very eventful first quarter in terms of product roadmap.
Intel’s Raptor Lake and NVIDIA’s RTX 4000 series of mobile GPUs will make a lethal combo
Now lets begin with the first order of business, the Raptor Lake mobile lineup will be announced on 3rd January at CES and according to our information the time is 9:00 AM pacific (something we have already leaked almost half a month back). Intel will be launching the Raptor Lake-H/HX lineup, Raptor Lake-P, Raptor Lake-U and Alder Lake-N (for low power applications).
Raptor Lake-H/HX
Release date 2023/1/3 6:00Raptor Lake-P
Announcement 2023/1/3 6:00
On sale 2023/1/29 6:00Raptor Lake-U
Announcement 2023/1/3 6:00
on sale 2023/3/1-3/15Alder Lake-N
Release date 2023/1/3 6:00— TLC (@leaf_hobby) November 30, 2022
Raptor Lake significantly improves upon Alder Lake and is an exceptionally powerful micro architecture that is designed to take aim at AMD’s mobility market share. As I already talked about in an older exclusive, Raptor Lake CPUs will be powering a lot of laptops containing NVIDIA’s next-generation RTX 4000 series mobility graphics cards – which will make them some of the most powerful mobile laptops on the planet.
NVIDIA will be launching the following GPUs at CES: RTX 4080 Ti/4090 Mobility with 16GB vRAM, RTX 4080 Mobility with 12GB vRAM, RTX 4070 Mobility with 8GB vRAM, RTX 4060 Mobility with 8GB vRAM, RTX 4050 Mobility with 6GB vRAM and an RTX 3050 with 6GB vRAM. Keep in mind the exact nomenclature could change but the underlying devices ie the GN21-X9, GN21-X6, GN21-X4, GN21-X2 and the RTX 3050 6GB will remain the same.
Intel will also be launching Xeon-WS HEDT processors in Q1 2023
Now lets talk about the HEDT/workstation side of things. Sapphire Rapids is also finally arriving in early 2023 and while the date for the MAX lineup was already confirmed, the full launch is actually a bit later. While the leaker only mentions the rough range of the commercial and entry workstation lineup, we have the launch and sales date for that as well.
- Intel Sapphire Rapids-WS / W790 Unveil – February 18, 2023
- Intel Sapphire Rapids-WS / W790 Sales – April 2023
The Fishhawk Falls platform (Intel Sapphire Rapids WS Xeon) is going to be the next-gen ecosystem featuring 8-Channel DDR5-4400 (1DPC) / DDR5-4800 (2DPC) and up to 112 PCIe Gen 5.0 lanes. These will come with ECC support and up to 4 TB DDR5 memory is possible (theoretically). There’s also a good chance that we might see dual-socket SPR Expert Workstation motherboards that would boost the core count per platform to 112 cores, almost double the amount featured on AMD’s flagship Threadripper, the 5995WX (64 Zen 3 cores). To sum things up:
- Intel ‘Expert’ Sapphire Rapids HEDT CPUs
- Up To 56 Cores / 112 Threads
- LGA 4677 Socket Support (Possible Dual-Socket Motherboards)
- 112 PCIe Gen 5.0 Lanes
- 8-Channel DDR5 Memory (Up To 4 TB)
Intel Sapphire Rapids-WS Xeon Workstation CPU Lineup Specs:
| CPU Name | Architecture | Process Node | Cores / Threads | Base Clock | Max Boost | L3 Cache | Memory Support | Max PCIe Gen5 Lanes | TDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Xeon W9-3495X | Golden Cove (MCM) | 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ | 56/112 | 1.9 GHz | 4.8 GHz | 105 MB | 8-Channel DDR5 | 112 Genesis 5 | 350W |
| Xeon W9-3475X | Golden Cove (MCM) | 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ | 36/72 | 2.2 GHz | 4.8 GHz | 82.5 MB | 8-Channel DDR5 | 112 Genesis 5 | 300W |
| Xeon W7-3465X | Golden Cove (MCM) | 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ | 28/56 | 2.5 GHz | 4.8 GHz | 75.0 MB | 8-Channel DDR5 | 112 Genesis 5 | 300W |
| Xeon W7-3455 | Golden Cove (MCM) | 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ | 24/48 | 2.5 GHz | 4.8 GHz | 67.5 MB | 8-Channel DDR5 | 112 Genesis 5 | 270W |
| Xeon W7-3445 | Golden Cove (MCM) | 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ | 20/40 | 2.6 GHz | 4.8 GHz | 52.5 MB | 8-Channel DDR5 | 112 Genesis 5 | 270W |
| Xeon W5-3435X | Golden Cove (MCM) | 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ | 16/32 | 2.1 GHz | 4.7GHz | 45.0 MB | 8-Channel DDR5 | 112 Genesis 5 | 270W |
| Xeon W5-3433 | Golden Cove (MCM) | 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ | 16/32 | 2.0 GHz | 4.2 GHz | 45.0 MB | 8-Channel DDR5 | 112 Genesis 5 | 220W |
| Xeon W5-3425 | Golden Cove (MCM) | 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ | 12/24 | 3.2 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 30.0 MB | 8-Channel DDR5 | 112 Genesis 5 | 270W |
| Xeon W5-3423 | Golden Cove (MCM) | 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ | 12/24 | 2.1 GHz | 4.2 GHz | 30.0 MB | 8-Channel DDR5 | 112 Genesis 5 | 220W |
| Xeon W7-2495X | Golden Cove (Mono) | 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ | 24/48 | 2.5 GHz | 4.8 GHz | 45.0 MB | 4-Channel DDR5 | 64 Genesis 5 | 225W |
| Xeon W7-2475X | Golden Cove (Mono) | 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ | 20/40 | 2.6 GHz | 4.8 GHz | 37.5 MB | 4-Channel DDR5 | 64 Genesis 5 | 225W |
| Xeon W5-2465X | Golden Cove (Mono) | 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ | 16/32 | 3.1 GHz | 4.7GHz | 33.7 MB | 4-Channel DDR5 | 64 Genesis 5 | 200W |
| Xeon W5-2445X | Golden Cove (Mono) | 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ | 12/24 | 3.2 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 30.0 MB | 4-Channel DDR5 | 64 Genesis 5 | 200W |
| Xeon W5-2445 | Golden Cove (Mono) | 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ | 10/20 | 3.1 GHz | 4.6 GHz | 26.2 MB | 4-Channel DDR5 | 64 Genesis 5 | 175W |
| Xeon W5-2435 | Golden Cove (Mono) | 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ | 8/16 | 3.1 GHz | 4.5 GHz | 22.5 MB | 4-Channel DDR5 | 64 Genesis 5 | 165W |
| Xeon W3-2425 | Golden Cove (Mono) | 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ | 6/12 | 3.0 GHz | 4.4 GHz | 15.0 MB | 4-Channel DDR5 | 64 Genesis 5 | 130W |
| Xeon W3-2423 | Golden Cove (Mono) | 10nm ESF ‘Intel 7’ | 6/6 | 2.1 GHz | 4.2 GHz | 15.0 MB | 4-Channel DDR5 | 64 Genesis 5 | 110W |