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Intel Rocket Lake Core i7 and Core i9 leaks: We've got skillful news and bad news

Intel Rocket Lake Core i7 disappoint in early leaks

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Leaked specs for the Intel Core i7-11700K and Core i9-11900K — the desktop Rocket Lake CPUs kickoff announced at CES — accept arrived, and it seems Intel has a mixed bag of fries on its hands. The Core i7-11700K is already disappointing some while the Cadre i9-11900K may point a path to Intel having a puncher's run a risk confronting AMD.

Start, the good news. The folks at Wccftech (opens in new tab) shared a huge set of data for the entire Rocket Lake Core i7 and i9 CPU family, which shows the Core i9-11900K as the standout of the bunch. In particular, the single-core Thermal Velocity Heave speed of five.3GHz and the 8-core Turbo 4.8GHz speeds are worth getting excited over.

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These speeds, earned from Intel'south 14nm process, "should put an incredible corporeality of competitive pressure on AMD's Zen 3 lineup," according to that written report.

Unfortunately, not all of the news for Intel is good. Andreas Schilling (opens in new tab) from the German language tech site Hardware Luxx put leaked Core i7-11700K Cinebench R20 scores in comparison confronting the electric current Ryzen processors.

Equally you'll run across below, the Core i7-11700K's 600 score on the single-threaded examination comes upward brusk of the Ryzen vii 5800X and Ryzen ix 5950X (622 and 633, respectively). Then, on the multi-threaded version, the Cadre i7-11700K netted a five,749 score: lower than not just the 5800X and 5950X, but the tenth Gen Core i9-10900K score likewise.

Take this with a grain of common salt, but I wanted to put the numbers in perspective. Core i7-11700K against current Ryzen lineup and in retro perspective with Intel CPUs. pic.twitter.com/adueVdc2wuFebruary 28, 2021

All that said, take these early on scores and numbers every bit a preview, and not a verdict. As Wccftech'due south Usman Pirzada notes, "the final variant could potentially be better than this — but non worse," as Intel could push these processors harder.

But Pirzada'south mail service does note that "Based on leaked benchmarks, we expect the Cadre i7 family to perform just slightly worse than AMD'south Zen 3 based offerings / reach parity in some cases."

So, Intel may exist catching up to AMD, merely non leap-frogging it.

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Henry is a senior editor at Tom'southward Guide covering streaming media, laptops and all things Apple, reviewing devices and services for the past 7 years. Prior to joining Tom'due south Guide, he reviewed software and hardware for TechRadar Pro, and interviewed artists for Patek Philippe International Mag. He's also covered the wild globe of professional wrestling for Cageside Seats, interviewing athletes and other industry veterans.