Extremely anticipated: A number of European retailers have listed Eleventh-gen Intel processors, codenamed Rocket Lake. It is a slim collection, with solely two meaningfully distinct designs. It is also a bit troubled, with fewer cores than the earlier technology and better costs throughout the board.
Rocket Lake does have one factor going for it, although — some good symmetry. It is comprised of 6 hexa-core fashions and eight octa-core fashions. Good job, Intel.
The hexa-cores embody the i5-11400, 11400F, 11500, 11600, 11600K, and 11600KF. The octa-cores embody the i7-11700, 11700F, 11700K, and 11700KF, and the i9-11900, 11900F, 11900K, and 11900KF. All fashions characteristic Hyper-threading.
Whereas a dialogue of costs is about to observe, it is a good second to level out that for the common-or-garden overclocker, the 11700KF (the most affordable overclockable octa-core mannequin) is identically performant to the 11900K. So for some, these costs are excellent; that may’t be denied.
Processor | Cores / Threads | Base Clock (GHz) | L3 Cache (MB) | Overclockable | Built-in Graphics |
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i9-11900KF | 8 / 16 | 3.5 | 16 | ✓ | ✗ |
i9-11900K | 8 / 16 | 3.5 | 16 | ✓ | ✓ |
i9-11900F | 8 / 16 | 2.5 | 16 | ✗ | ✗ |
i9-11900 | 8 / 16 | 2.5 | 16 | ✗ | ✓ |
i7-11700KF | 8 / 16 | 3.6 | 16 | ✓ | ✗ |
i7-11700K | 8 / 16 | 3.6 | 16 | ✓ | ✓ |
i7-11700F | 8 / 16 | 2.5 | 16 | ✗ | ✗ |
i7-11700 | 8 / 16 | 2.5 | 16 | ✗ | ✓ |
i5-11600KF | 6 / 12 | 3.9 | 12 | ✓ | ✗ |
i5-11600K | 6 / 12 | 3.9 | 12 | ✓ | ✓ |
i5-11600 | 6 / 12 | 2.8 | 12 | ✗ | ✓ |
i5-11500 | 6 / 12 | 2.7 | 12 | ✗ | ✓ |
i5-11400F | 6 / 12 | 2.6 | 12 | ✗ | ✗ |
i5-11400 | 6 / 12 | 2.6 | 12 | ✗ | ✓ |
As has occurred earlier than, Belgian retailer 2Compute started a cascade of pricing divulgence by itemizing the whole lot of the Rocket Lake collection. From there, nabbing the identification codes for all of the processors lets them be searched, and different listings be discovered. On common, we discovered 4 to 5 listings for every processor. You may discover extra when you searched tomorrow.
Pricing fluctuates considerably between retailers, which is partly due to their completely different pricing schemes, and likewise partly due to their completely different areas. In some circumstances, costs for a similar mannequin differed as a lot as 30 p.c between retailers.
Nonetheless, the numbers could be collated and in contrast with the MSRP and dwell costs of present technology merchandise. We have created affordable value estimates for all of the processors based mostly roughly on the median value, with outliers and different anomalies (like people who appear to incorporate extreme tax) excluded.
On the whole, the Rocket Lake processors are being listed for 10% to twenty% greater than their present technology equivalents, with the margin growing with the value. In some circumstances, the margin between the listings and the present technology’s MSRPs is bigger, however the margin solely brushes up in opposition to 20% when the listings are in contrast with the dwell costs on Amazon.
Processor | Code | 2Compute (€) | Common (€) | Common (USD) | Present technology equal MSRP (USD) |
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i9-11900KF | BX8070811900KF | 475.80 | 500 | 600 | 472 |
i9-11900K | BX8070811900K | 499.70 | 510 | 615 | 488 |
i9-11900F | BX8070811900F | 384.20 | 410 | 495 | 422 |
i9-11900 | BX8070811900 | 408.10 | 440 | 530 | 439 |
i7-11700KF | BX8070811700KF | 352.70 | 350 | 420 | 349 |
i7-11700K | BX8070811700K | 376.60 | 410 | 495 | 374 |
i7-11700F | BX8070811700F | 282.00 | 300 | 360 | 298 |
i7-11700 | BX8070811700 | 305.90 | 320 | 385 | 323 |
i5-11600KF | BX8070811600KF | 219.00 | 220 | 265 | 237 |
i5-11600K | BX8070811600K | 242.90 | 260 | 315 | 262 |
i5-11600 | BX8070811600 | 206.60 | 230 | 280 | 213 |
i5-11500 | BX8070811500 | 187.50 | 200 | 240 | 192 |
i5-11400F | BX8070811400F | 145.50 | 150 | 180 | 157 |
i5-11400 | BX8070811400 | 169.40 | 180 | 225 | 182 |
Some retailer information would recommend that Rocket Lake can be cheaper than the present technology. For instance, 2Compute is itemizing a few of the lowest costs for Rocket Lake, and a few of the highest costs for the present technology. If solely their numbers are used for comparability, then Rocket Lake seems to be 10% cheaper than the present technology.
Nonetheless, as one commentator points out, that is solely true for 2Compute. On the entire, Rocket Lake tentatively seems to be a bit costlier than earlier generations. However does costlier imply worse? By no means.
Throughout the collection, there are little gems tucked away. An 11400F may arrive at the same value to the 3600X and outperform it handily. An 11600KF may undercut the 5600X whereas concurrently outperforming it. An 11700KF may present stiff competitors to the 5800X at the same value. And, in fact, the 11900K may grow to be the quickest gaming processor as soon as once more, which might give Intel some leeway on the pricing.
Intel hasn’t shied away from discussing Rocket Lake, and motherboard producers have every revealed a number of new Z590 fashions that may accompany the launch. The countdown will start shortly, actually. One of many retailers itemizing Rocket Lake even writes that they will obtain inventory earlier than the top of the month.