2022 has entered the countdown. What products will be released in the CPU market next year? Through recent revelations, we can learn some new changes. First of all, the AMD side, the Ryzen 7000 X3D with an upgraded 3D V-Cache is confirmed to be unveiled at CES early next year.
According to current information, the first launch may include the 8-core Ryzen 7 7800X3D and the 6-core Ryzen 5 7600X3D. The Ryzen 7 5800X3D has successors, and the 6 core models with more outstanding cost performance are added. I believe that the attractiveness of the AM5 platform to gamers will be further enhanced.
Then it is expected that in the second quarter of 2023, AMD will launch the entry-level A620 chipset, which will significantly lower the purchase threshold for the AM5 platform. It is said that the current cost of AMD's mainstream B650 chipset is already comparable to that of Intel's high-end Z790 chipset, and the A620 will definitely reduce the cost to meet the value needs of more entry-level users.
Recently, the Ryzen 5000G desktop APU has significantly reduced its price and attracted the attention of many players. Although the mining disaster has made the graphics cards circulating in the market no longer scarce, desktop APUs are still a good choice for players who have low requirements, limited budgets and pursue stability. The next generation of Ryzen 7000G desktop APU is expected to be launched in the end of 2023, and it should be able to meet the needs of online game users with the newly launched A620 motherboard.
Intel, the powerful 13th-generation Core Raptor Lake may choose to fight for another year. According to the latest revelations, Intel may launch the Raptor Lake Refresh processor in the third quarter of next year. The architecture remains unchanged and continues to improve the Intel 7 process to obtain a frequency increase of 100 to 200MHz.
This cannot be blamed on Intel for squeezing toothpaste. After all, the genuine 14th generation Core Meteor Lake is mainly designed for mobile needs, combining the computing core of the Intel 4 process, TSMC N5 core graphics and TSMC N6 SoC. This structural major change is difficult to take into account the needs of the mobile and desktop side in one step.
And Meteor Lake itself also has some problems: it can only provide up to 6 performance cores plus 16 energy efficiency cores, which is not large enough for desktop CPUs. Therefore, it is expected that Intel will allow Meteor Lake-S to cover Core i7 and below products, while the high-end model will be mainly powered by Arrow Lake-S, which is also a 14th-generation Core. The latter only provides a combination option of 8 performance cores + 16 energy efficiency cores. Of course, the 14th generation Core should be in 2024, and next year, the only one waiting for us may be Raptor Lake Refresh Thirteen Scents.
