Raptor Lake architecture:
With Raptor Lake, Intel retains a “hybrid” architecture, mixing two types of cores. P-Core and E-Core are still used. We’ll see that on this 14th generation, Intel has made a few changes, either in terms of frequencies or the number of E-Cores. These cores have different roles, of course. The first, the Performance cores , are designed to perform tasks requiring computing power, while the second, the Efficient cores, are more suited to office automation or background tasks. Now, both types of cores will work together, depending on the task in hand.
What can we expect from this new generation?
Let’s start with Intel’s official chart, which gives an overview of the features of these 14th-generation processors. You’ll find the first “K” and “KF” models.
For our part, we’ve taken the information posted by Intel and re-created a new table to highlight the differences between the 13th and 14th generation Raptor Lake processors.
As you can see, for the i9-14900K and i5-14600K, Intel has increased the P-Core and E-Core frequencies, resulting in a slight performance gain over the previous generation. As for the i7-14700K, this is where there’s a real difference, as this 14th-generation processor gains 4 E-Cores and higher operating frequencies. We’ll see during our tests, but here we should see a real gain in performance.
