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Intel Rocket Lake-S Available March 15th?

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According to an article posted on HKEPC, Intel’s Rocket Lake-S processors are reported to be available as soon as March 15th:

According to a report from China’s Mydriver on the 17th, Intel’s 11th generation Rocket Lake-S CPU will be available on March 15. Although the number of cores is less than that of the 10th generation, IPC performance has grown significantly. If you are willing to wait, you can consider going straight. The 12th-generation Alder Lake has 16 cores and an IPC performance improvement of 20%. It is expected to be released in September this year and officially launched in December.

It is understood that the new 12th-generation Alder Lake-S CPU will use an enhanced version of the 10nm ESF process, which reduces power consumption by 15% compared to the existing 10nm SuperFin, and uses the new big.LITTLE hybrid CPU architecture. The big core will use The new Golden Cove CPU core, the small core will use Atom’s Gracemont core, 8 large and 8 small provide up to 16 cores, 24 threads, performance must not be ignored.

Intel has reported ~19% IPC gains for Rocket Lake-S, looking to reclaim several performance crowns from AMD’s Zen 3 line that launched late last year. These chips will also use the 10nm SuperFin manufacturing process. Head on over to read more details.

Intel Core i9-11900T Hits Geekbench

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A new 11th Gen Intel chip has popped up on Geekbench, this time the octal-core Core i9-11900T. This looks to be a 35W TDP chip, and manages to keep up with Zen 3 processors in the single threaded results (1717). Multi-thread can’t keep pace, though still performs well for a 35W TDP part (8349). This chip was tested on an ASUS ROG MAXIMUS XIII HERO. Head on over for more details.

AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5750G OC’d to 4.8GHz

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A post over at Baidu shows an overclocking result for a purported AMD Ryzen 5750G Pro. The reporter had the chip overclocked at 4.8GHz at a whopping 1.47V to achieve stability. Apparently, the chip managed 4.9Ghz at 1.5V, but was unstable. I can’t say I’d sign up for those voltage levels long term, but it’s an interesting data point to see nonetheless. Head over to see more, but bring your translator.

Friday Review Roundup

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Cooling: DEEPCOOL CASTLE 240R @ TweakTown, NZXT Kraken X53 RGB AIO @ NikKTech

Memory: Silicon Power XPOWER Turbine RGB @ PCTestBench, Corsair Vengeance RGB PRO SL DDR4-3600 @ TweakTown, Corsair Dominator Platinum RGB DDR4-3200  @ TweakTown, Corsair Vengeance RGB Pro SL @ Neoseeker

Monitors: AOC CU34G2X @ Guru3D, Aorus FI27Q-X @ Hexus

Graphics: ASUS ROG Strix Radeon RX 6800 OC Edition @ TweakTown

Storage: WD Black SN850 1TB @ TechPowerUp

CPUs: AMD Ryzen 9 5900HX vs Ryzen 7 5800H @ TechSpot

Ryzen 7 Pro 5750G Rumors: 4.75Ghz All Core?

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A user over on the Chiphell forums has shared an alleged CPU-Z screenshot of the an AMD Ryzen 7 Pro 5750G. Purported specs roll in with a default all core of 4.05Ghz and max all core of 4.75GHz. This looks to be an 8/16 setup, with a 65W TDP. This should run a bit cooler than the 105W Ryzen 5 5800X, also an 8/16 chip making it friendly for budget builds. We’ll see more when these chips officially roll out.

AMD Threadripper Pro 3995WX – 64 Cores of Power

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AnandTech has an in-depth review today of AMD’s 64-core monster, the Threadripper Pro 3995WX. Obviously, 64-core is meant for serious computational workloads like rendering. These chips alone roll in at an MSRP approach $5,500. Is it worth the price relative to competition though?

These Threadripper Pro offerings are designed to compete against two segments: first is AMD themselves, showcasing anyone who is using a high-end professional system built on first generation Zen hardware that there is a lot of performance to be had. The second is against Intel workstation customers, either using single socket Xeon W (which tops out at 28 cores), or a dual socket Xeon system that costs more or uses a lot more power, just because it is dual socket, but also has a non-uniform memory architecture.

Read more @ AnandTech

Coming Soon: Undervolting Ryzen 5600X Curve Optimizer

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Coming soon, I’ll have an article detailing my effort to undervolt the Ryzen 5 5600X processor to the max using AMD’s Curve Optimizer utility. This article will take a different approach towards overclocking than most, with a focus on obtaining peak performance while remaining within the stock TDP/TDC/EDC ratings of the 5600X. Most PBO based overclocks, and unvolted overclocks, focus on hitting the highest frequency only. I wanted to see how high this chip would go within the confines of stock settings. That also allows for maximum thermal load reduction. How much? Here’s a glance at POV-Ray load temperatures based on number of active threads.

How does a 8-9+ degree temperature reduction sound with 6 or less threads? The total system power draw drops fell right in line with these values as well. I’ve seen 9-11W reductions under single and dual core loads depending on the application. At the high end total power and thermals are nearly identical, but there’s an extra 250Mhz coming along with that at a full 6C/12T. More to come…

Intel Core i9-11900K, Core i7-11700K, and Core i5-11600K Specs Leak

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Courtesy of a report from Videocardz, we have potential specifications today on Intel’s upcoming 11th Gen processors. it would appear that this slide came from and MSI presentation, showing default DDR4-3200 support across the board. TDPs are in line wth expectations at 125W for each processor. The base clocks range from 3.5GHz on the i9-11900K to 3.9GHz on the i5-11600K. The Coire i9-11900K Thermal Velocity Boost maxes out at 5.3GHz single core, 4.8GHz all core. Standard Turbot Boost caps out at 5.1GHz on the same chip. Head on over to read more.

Intel Core i9-11900KF Hits 98°C, 250W?

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Based on an AIDA64 stress test screenshot over at Chiphell, the Intel Core i9-11900KF is potentially shaping up to be one hot, power hungry beast. It appears that this chip was tested, at “stock” settings, on an ASRock Z590 Steel Legend. They shows the FPU stress test running, which will certainly push the boundaries of any CPU when it comes to thermals as well as power draw. This test can easily push a simple Ryzen 5 5600X into the 80’s and 90’s depending on cooling type, but this Core i9-11900KF is purportedly cooled with a 360mm AIO. Head on over to see more.

Intel Core i5-11500 Rocket Lake-S Hits Geekbench

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Courtesy of @leakbench, we have our first glimpse of the Geekbench performance of Intel’s upcoming Rocket Lake-S Core i5-11500. Single core performance comes in at 1588, while multi-core hits heights of 7265. This is a sizeable gain from the 10th Gen chips, with single core performance on this 6/12 models besting even the 8/16 Core i7-11700K that’s been tested. It still falls short of the Ryzen 5 5600X, though that task will be left for the 11600. We’ll see what happens come March when these chips are expected to officially launch.

Full result @ Geekbench