hardware component manufacturer M: YES accidentally and secretly posted a video on his YouTube channel in which he showcased its Intel 700 line of motherboards targeting Raptor Lake Refresh processors. In addition, he also revealed the main details of the generation of processors and some models aimed at mid-range and higher ranges.

MSI, after realizing the mistake of setting the video to hidden, set it to private so it is no longer publicly viewable. As a reminder, publishing a video as hidden on YouTube means that it is not initially visible through the platform’s search and suggestions, but can be seen by anyone with the URL.

Back on topic, the Raptor Lake Refresh uses a manufacturing process Intel 7 (10nm) it is used for the original generation of Raptor Lake, which is to be expected, since we are facing an overhaul of a technology that began to be introduced to the market a long time ago. As expected, we find reuse LGA1700 socket and PCIe 5.0 support.

Other interesting facts about Raptor Lake Refresh are level 3 cache increased up to 36 MB, support for up to 24 cores, support for higher frequencies in DDR5 and a working speed that improves by an average of 3%with some models that could represent a substantial improvement over its predecessor.

The Core i7 series can benefit the most from the Raptor Lake Refresh as it is The Core i7-14700K has eight high-performance cores and twelve efficient ones compared to eight high-performance and eight efficient cores in the Core i7-13700K. The increase in the number of effective cores, as published by MSI, results in an average speed improvement of 17%. In case anyone is confused, the Core rebrand will be applied from Meteor Lake.

Other Raptor Lake Refresh processor models that MSI inadvertently leaked are the Intel Core i9-14900K and Intel Core i5-14600K, which retain the same core configuration as their predecessors from the original Raptor Lake generation: eight high-performance cores and sixteen efficient ones. in the case of the Core i9-14900K against the Core i9-13900K and six high-performance cores and eight efficient ones that were implemented in the Core i5-14600K and Core i5-13600K.

Other features of the three Raptor Lake Refresh processor models mentioned by MSI are as follows: The Core i9-14900K will have a base frequency of 3.2 GHz, a maximum operating speed of up to 6 GHz and a PBP/MPP of 125/253 watts. The Core i7-14700K will start at 3.4 GHz up to a possible maximum of 5.6 GHz and have a PBP/MPP of 125/253 watts, while the Core i5-14600K will have a base frequency of 3.5 GHz, a maximum work speed of 5.3 GHz and the same PBP/MPP.

Since the Raptor Lake Refresh is, as the name suggests, a refresh, and since the original generation of Raptor Lake reused the socket used for Alder Lake at the time, it is likely that there are Alder Lake motherboards that are capable of supporting Raptor Lake . Just restore by firmware update, but we’ll see what happens in the end.

As you can see, the Raptor Lake Refresh does not aim to be a revolution compared to the original line, but with the increase in the number of efficient cores in the Core i7 lineup, some really interesting products can appear.