Intel Core 2000HX reportedly brings Raptor Lake back to high-performance laptops

It is being reported that Intel is bringing back their Raptor Lake microarchitecture to high performance laptops, under a new name of Core 2000HX series. This is a significant shift in strategy as this will mean that rather than introducing new microarchitecture for their next generation of mobile CPUs, they are now choosing to bring back what they have already shown to work. This is something you'll want to know if you are in the market for next-gen laptops as you'll be looking for similar performance profiles rather than a major change.

Leaked specs show 24-core flagship and consumer-focused feature set

The Core 2000HX is a series of CPUs targeted at enthusiast gaming/content creation laptops that are a part of an existing series of CPUs (Core 200H and Core Ultra 200HX). The idea here is that with the Core 2000HX they'll provide CPUs with larger core counts as well as feature sets that they'll tune for specific heavy work loads. This Core 2000HX series (internally called Raptor Lake Next) is the fifth rebranding of their Raptor Lake lineup.

Core 2000HX Specifications

• Core 9 2000HX Configuration: 8P+16E, 24 cores
• Core 7 2000HX Configuration 1: 8P+12E, 20 cores
• Core 7 2000HX Configuration 2: 6P+8E, 14 cores
• Architecture: Raptor Lake Next
• Feature Support: No vPro or SIPP

We can see from some leaks of the specifications, that there are three different variations to this Core 2000HX series. The flagship Core 9 2000HX will have 24 cores, with 8P and 16E cores. For the Core 7, you'll have two variations. 20 core (8P+12E) and 14 core (6P+8E). The idea with these cores is that you'll have great multi-threaded performance for high-level multi-tasking and content creation work.

One of the things that you won't see is vPro and SIPP enterprise features on Raptor Lake Next HX CPUs. This means that the target market is more for consumer and gaming devices. These won't be the CPUs for business workstations.

We've talked about Intel's overall Raptor Lake Next strategy before (including desktop replacements). But this is a look specifically at the mobile side of things.

So far, the information we have is coming from leaks. Sources like Golden Pig Upgrade and VideoCardz. So we don't actually have the specifics of how each SKU is named.

For now, we'll just say Core 9 and Core 7 for those. There's also no word yet on pricing or availability for these new CPUs.