Intel’s 14-gen Meteor Lake processors are coming soon, and we’re starting to get details. Here are all the news, rumors, and leaks we’ve seen so far.
Intel is continuing to push out new CPU generations, and in 2023, we might see the launch of 14th-generation Meteor Lake processors. We don’t know much about these CPUs right now, but a slew of leaks and rumors provide a glimpse at a potential release date, specs, and above all else, performance.
The battle to release the best processor is more heated than it has ever been, and Meteor Lake is an inflection point for Intel. With a new approach to designing CPUs, Meteor Lake might start a comeback for Intel as it tries to keep up with Apple and continues trying to outpace AMD.
It’s too soon to say right now, though. In the meantime, here’s everything we know about Intel’s 14th-gen Meteor Lake processors.Pricing and release date
Intel hasn’t announced a release date for its Meteor Lake processors, but they should arrive in 2023, which is the time frame Intel announced when it first revealed Meteor Lake processors and laid out a road map for when the chips would enter production. However, the latest scoop implies that Intel’s initial road map may have been majorly derailed.
A rumor from YouTuber Moore’s Law Is Dead implies that the Meteor Lake chips will begin rolling out in October 2023, with a 14-core laptop CPU being the one to lead the charge. If this proves to be true, it would be quite a shake-up compared to previous generations. Intel usually starts out by launching desktop processors, so to see a mobile chip being the first to be released is odd, to say the least.
In fact, several leakers claim that the Intel Meteor Lake-S (desktop) lineup might be in trouble. Frequent Twitter tipster OneRaichu shared a cryptic tweet in late 2022, and Moore’s Law Is Dead seems in agreement that the range might be canceled for now.
MTL-S seems maybe canceled.????
— Raichu (@OneRaichu) December 23, 2022
If this checks out, it doesn’t have to mean that Intel won’t launch anything in 2023. Instead, it might release a refresh of Raptor Lake and push back Meteor Lake by another year, but many signs point to it being scrapped entirely. If that happens, Intel might launch Meteor Lake for laptops alongside a Raptor Lake refresh for desktops, and it will skip right to Arrow Lake for its next-gen desktop chips.
Hardware Times shared what looks to be an official Intel slide that seems to confirm the whispers about Meteor Lake for desktops being canceled. The updated road map reveals that Intel might only be planning to launch Raptor Lake-S processors in 2023; all mentions of Meteor Lake seem to have been scrapped. However, all this is just a speculative timeline right now, as Intel hasn’t confirmed any release date outside of the year, and it hasn’t commented on these cancellation rumors.
As far as pricing, it’s tough to say. The current generation of Intel processors ranges from around $100 for the cheapest model to over $650 for the most expensive. We don’t anticipate large price changes for Meteor Lake, but the cost mainly comes down to where the rivalry between AMD and Intel is at when Meteor Lake CPUs are ready to launch.
