Things are looking pretty rosy for lower-power Raptor Lake, judging by the latest leak.
Most discussions about Intel’s Raptor Lake revolve around the top-end processors and their extreme power consumption, particularly under the rumored » Extreme Performance » mode. Given this emphasis, you might reasonably be concerned about the performance we can expect out of a lower-power Raptor Lake processor. The latest leak suggests that they’ll still scale clocks super-high, so there is not too much to worry about.When Intel releases new desktop processors, we usually see overclockable CPUs with a -K suffix, low-power CPUs with a -T suffix, and suffix-less models that are the «standard» series. These chips would have gotten an «S» suffix in generations past, indicating that they usually have TDP ratings around 65 watts.65 watts is a modest allotment compared to the peak power draw of Intel’s fastest desktop CPUs . With modern manufacturing processes though, it by no means indicates a slow processor. That much is clear from examining the Geekbench result that went up today featuring a Core i9-13900.
