Intel mentioned this week that it’s closing the e book on its Eleventh-gen Core chips, code-named “Rocket Lake.” The corporate issued an end-of life discover that covers the complete Rocket Lake chip lineup in addition to its supporting chipsets.
Intel mentioned that it’s going to settle for orders for the chips up till August 25, delivery them by way of February 2024, so distributors and retailers can have some time to fill up if desired. The tip-of -life discover for the Rocket Lake household in addition to the supporting chipsets was seen by Tom’s {Hardware}.
In actuality, although, the Rocket Lake structure gained’t be notably missed. As our unique assessment of Rocket Lake identified, Intel’s Eleventh-gen desktop processor was the final vestige of Intel’s 14nm manufacturing course of, which at the moment had endured seven complete years of Intel designs. Intel’s Eleventh-gen cellular processors, nonetheless, had since migrated to Intel’s 10nm course of expertise. Intel had migrated the Core i9-11900K to the brand new Cypress Cove CPU structure, however had ended up sacrificing a number of the CPU cores within the course of.
Maybe its best sin, although, was in energy consumption. In accordance with our checks, the flagship Rocket Lake chip consumed a whopping 68 p.c extra energy, below load, then the Ryzen 9 5900X, its closest competitor. Although power costs may not have been then what they’re now, that’s nonetheless a whole lot of juice.
In any case, for those who’re nonetheless determined for an Intel Core chip from yesteryear, get your orders in quickly. In case you’re on the lookout for one thing far more potent, nonetheless, you should definitely try our roundups of one of the best CPUs for gaming. The beastly new Core i9-13900K completely trounces the 11900K in each doable means.
