Intel Rocket Lake CPU Rumors: 5 GHz All Core OC, Huge Uplift in Gaming & AVX-512 Perf But Runs Hot, Full Support on Z490 While B560 Gets Memory Overclock - Wccftech

Intel stated that its 11th Generation Core Desktop Processor family, codenamed Rocket Lake, will be arriving in the first quarter of 2021 with PCIe Gen 4.0 support. No other details were mentioned but while we wait for those to arrive around CES '21, rumors from tech insiders such as ITCooker and MebiuW give us a glimpse of what to expect of Intel's first major architectural upgrade on the mainstream desktop platform since Skylake.

This time, ITCooker is providing details for Intel's 11th gen Rocket Lake CPUs.

Intel 11th Gen Core "Rocket Lake" Desktop CPUs - Architecture, Performance & Platform Rumors.

The leaker once again reiterates that Intel's Rocket Lake CPUs will fully support the PCIe Gen 4.0 protocol which is something that AMD has been offering on its X570 (Ryzen 3rd Gen) platform since late 2019.

The user states that the multi-core performance crown will still be held by AMD given its faster SMT architecture in addition to more cores per tier while the Intel 11th Gen lineup is going to max out at 8 cores and 16 threads.

Intel 11th Gen Core "Rocket Lake" Desktop CPUs - SKUs, Overclocking & Pricing Rumors.

In terms of overclockability, the 11th Gen Intel Rocket Lake CPU lineup is expected to offer overclocks of 5 GHz on all cores while the blue team is expected to push boost clocks even further.