Intel’s Raptor Lake with 24-core CPU could take on AMD Zen 4 in 2022

Intel’s purported plans for next-gen Alder Lake processors, and the Raptor Lake chips which are rumored to follow as the 13th-gen with a possible 24-core flagship – have been spilled in a major leak.

As ever, treat this info dump from Moore’s Law is Dead (flagged by VideoCardz) with a good amount of caution, but this YouTuber has been on the money with Intel matters in the past, and seems to get pretty regular updates from his inside sources.

Let’s start with Alder Lake, with these processors expected to be launched around Halloween, with a possible initial reveal on October 25, and desktop ‘K’ series CPUs will supposedly be first out of the gate (with mobile chips to follow in 2022).

Read more