Intel’s Full 11th Gen Rocket Lake & Comet Lake Refresh Desktop CPUs Detailed, Include 125W, 65W, 58W & 35W TDP SKUs

The full list of Intel 11th Gen Rocket Lake & Comet Lake Refresh Desktop CPUs has been leaked out by Chinese tech outlet, ijiandao (via @Harukaze5719). The Intel 11th Generation lineup includes 13 Rocket Lake & a total of 13 Comet Lake Refresh Desktop CPUs that have been detailed by the source.

The Intel 11th Generation Desktop CPU family will be split between 13 Rocket Lake-S Desktop & 13 Comet Lake-S Refresh Desktop CPUs. The source reports that the Rocket Lake lineup will feature i9, i7 & i5 variants while the Comet Lake Refresh Desktop CPUs will be composed of Core i3, Pentium & Celeron variants. The Intel Rocket Lake CPUs will be featuring the brand new Cypress Cove cores while the Comet Lake Refresh Desktop CPUs will be based on the refined Skylake architecture.

Following are the main Rocket Lake Desktop CPUs that we can expect within the 11th Generation family:

The unlocked K series SKUs will feature a base PL1 TDP of 125W while the non-K SKUs will feature a based TDP of 65W. The 'T' series variants which are the lower TDP SKUs will come with a based TDP of 35W. The Intel Core i9 and Core i7 CPUs based on the Rocket Lake CPU architecture will feature 8 cores, 16 threads, and 16 MB of L3 cache. The Core i5 SKUs will feature 6 cores and 12 threads plus a total of 12 MB L3 cache. All CPUs will be featuring the Intel Xe integrated GPU with 32 EUs or 256 cores.

Moving on to the Comet Lake Refresh lineup, Intel seems to be repositioning its enhanced Skylake architecture for the mainstream and budget tier lineup. The lineup will include the following SKUs:

The Core i3 models will feature 4 cores and 8 threads but all variants except the Core i3-11100 series will feature 8 MB of L3 cache versus 6 MB of L3 cache on the said CPUs. The Pentium line processors will feature 2 cores, 4 threads, & 4 MB of L3 cache while the Celeron lineup will get just 2 cores and no multi-threading support. These chips will also carry 4 MB of L3 cache though. The Core i3 and Pentium models will feature UHD 630 graphics with 24 EUs while the Celeron SKUs will get UHD 610 graphics with 12 EUs.

The source also reports that only high-end Z490 motherboards will be fully able to support Rocket Lake Desktop CPUs due to the new power requirements which are needed for compatibility.

Intel's Rocket Lake-S desktop CPU platform will feature support on LGA 1200 socket which made its debut with the 10th Gen Comet Lake-S CPUs although on 400-series motherboards. The Intel Rocket Lake-S processors will be launching primarily for the 500-series motherboards but it has been confirmed that LGA 1200 motherboards will offer support for Rocket Lake-S CPUs, especially given the fact that PCIe Gen 4.0 is a prominent feature of Z490 motherboards which would only be enabled with the use of Rocket Lake-S desktop CPUs. Motherboard makers, especially ASUS will be paying extra attention in incorporating hardware-level integration of PCIe Gen 4 on their Z590 line of motherboards versus their Z490 lineup as we pointed out here.

Main features of Intel's Rocket Lake Desktop CPUs include:

The architecture for Rocket Lake CPUs is said to be Cypress Cove which is reportedly a hybrid between the Sunny Cove and Willow Cove design but will feature Xe Gen 12 GPU architecture. Intel's Core i9-11900K will be the flagship CPU offering in the lineup and expect more info on it soon.