Intel Desktop CPU Rumors: Raptor Lake-S Refresh In October, Arrow Lake-S In Late 2024, Xeon W-2500 & W-3500 HEDT Refresh In 1H 2024

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While Meteor Lake shakes up things for laptops this year, Intel has three product families planned for mainstream and HEDT desktops in the form of Raptor Lake-S Refresh, Arrow Lake-S & Sapphire Rapids Xeon W Refresh.

The latest information comes from leaker, Enthusiast Citizen at Bilibili, who has information about three desktop product families launching between 2023-2024. First up is the most obvious and we are going to get the Raptor Lake-S Refresh family which will be branded under the 14th Gen "Core" family. The Intel Raptor Lake-S Refresh desktop CPUs are expected to feature faster clocks, higher power consumption, and better support for higher-frequency memory. These CPUs are expected to hit retail shelves in October this year.

To sum things up according to the rumor:

In addition to the Intel Raptor Lake-S Refresh "K" Unlocked SKUs, the company will also introduce the Non-K parts between November and December. There are reports that Intel has added a new SKU that implements an 8 P-Core and 12 E-Core configurations but it isn't confirmed if such SKU will make its way to retail. But it will definitely be an interesting choice to upgrade the Core i7 CPU lineup to more E-Cores. All CPUs will be compatible with existing 600 and 700 series motherboards which feature the LGA 1700/1800 socket.

As for the proper desktop upgrade, that isn't expected until late 2024 or even early 2025. The Intel Arrow Lake-S CPUs will mark a major transition in terms of architecture, featuring the latest P-Core and E-Core designs. The new CPUs will be compatible with the next-gen LGA 1851 socket but will retain the 8 P-Core and 16 E-Core designs.

There are conflicting rumors with some pointing to just 6+8 Arrow Lake-S configurations while others