Bartlett Lake is a series of processors that looks promising on paper for gamers. This series does not feature any E-Cores, only P-Cores, and a large number of them at that. The flagship of the range, the hypothetical Core i9 273PQE, would therefore have 12 P-Cores! But ASRock, via a post on Reddit, has shattered that dream.
Bartlett Lake:CPUs for the embedded sector!
In a post on the r/ASRock subreddit, we can see a screenshot announcing the bad news:
“Regarding your request, Bartlett Lake CPUs are designed for embedded applications and are typically used on embedded motherboards, industrial computers, touchscreen PCs, and similar devices.
Since the Z790I Lightning WiFi and other ASRock motherboards in LGA-1700 are positioned as consumer motherboards, they do not fall into these product categories.
Therefore, we currently have no plans to include the CPUs in ASRock’s QVL since these processors are specifically intended for industrialPC use.”
The answer is therefore clear and explicit: they will not be available on consumer motherboards as they are intended for another use. If you are a gamer, you will therefore have to fall back on the existing LGA-1700 and LGA-1851 series, namely Raptor Lake and Raptor Lake Refresh, as well as Arrow Lake.
In response, some people say they don’t understand the appeal of such a series for the consumer sector. Indeed, from a power consumption and heat perspective, having up to 12 P-Cores could have caused some inconvenience, while frequencies could have quickly dropped due to power limits. Others find it a shame because 12 P-Cores in a CPU would have been interesting for power users. In any case, the only way to obtain and test such a reference is to purchase an industrial platform, as these are the only ones that will support these CPUs, according to ASRock’s press release!
