During CES 2021, Intel unveiled its 11th-generation CPUs from its Intel Core range in the form of two architectures: Tiger Lake-H for laptops and Rocket Lake-S for desktops. Both disparate since while TL is built under Intel’s 10 nm process, RKL is built on the 14 nm node and each one has its own architecture, Rocket Lake-S is a very curious generation, since Intel has forgotten of the core race and has focused on improving the power of these new processors by looking directly at single-threaded performance.
In fact, it was the same marketing department that presented the Intel Rocket Lake-S processors with 3 main improvements:
▸New Intel Xe-LP integrated graphics, with up to 50% more performance.
▸New Cypress Cove core architecture, with an IPC performance increase of up to 19%.
▸Intel Deep Learning Boost, a new Artificial Intelligence integration.
Mainly, we will see a continuation of Comet Lake-S, but with slight positive and negative changes. These processors are manufactured on the same 14nm process and are compatible with Intel’s LGA 1200 socket. Another difference to Comet Lake-S is the Cypress Cove architecture in front of the old Comet. Unlike 10th generation chips, they come with native PCI-Express 4.0 support, which makes them compatible with 400 and 500 series boards.
If that 19% CPI increase against Comet Lake-S ” the predecessor ” is confirmed, the Rocket Lake-S processors should allow Intel to regain the crown of single-thread performance, which means that the Core i9 11900K would become in the new “king of gaming”, a crown that also wore, at the time, the Core i9 10900K.
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