Intel confirms for the first time the 14th generation Core ”Raptor Lake-S/HX Refresh”, although we must advance that it is a little chaos for the consumer to differentiate which will be Raptor Lake and which will be Meteor Lake.
Intel confirms 14th Gen Core ‘Raptor Lake-S Refresh’ and HX notebook variant
The Meteor Lake series will be the first to carry the “Core Ultra” brand, while the Raptor Lake-U will use the Core nomenclature without the “i”. The Raptor Lake HX/S will have the same nomenclature as always using the Core i name. In short, it would be as follows:
- Raptor Lake-S Refresh (desktop) – 14th generation “Core i” brand
- Raptor Lake-HX Refresh (notebook) – 14th Generation “Core i” Brand
- Meteor Lake-U/H (client notebook) – 1st generation “Core Ultra” brand
- Raptor Lake-U/H Refresh (notebook) – 1st generation of the “Core” brand
In the official presentation only mentioned Meteor Lake CPUs and next-generation notebook chips with the new “Core 3/5/7/9” branding, now we would have the full names that the entire 14th generation will have.
The information comes from Intel China, which provided more material on how the upcoming 14th generation processors are going to be named, which is answering some questions we have.
From what we see, the ‘Core Ultra’ name will help users identify those parts that are considered ‘high-end’, which in notebooks is using the Meteor Lake architecture. Core Ultra will be able to be Core Ultra 5, 7 and 9.
This could be especially confusing on notebooks, where the Raptor Lake and Meteor Lake architectures will be combined. Meanwhile, on desktop PCs it will be simpler and only those Core i processors of a lifetime will be available, so we should still see names like Core i9-14900K, for example. However, Intel’s next series of CPUs has not yet been officially announced. We will keep you posted.
Source: videocard, zbilibili