From PC World: Intel today launched the mobile version of its “Raptor Lake Refresh” processors for laptops at CES 2024, answering the demands for more performance in its notebook chips. Led by the Intel Core i9-14900HX, the new chip family can hit 5.8GHz, driving desktop speeds inside a gaming laptop. Raptor Lake Refresh powers Intel’s 14th-gen desktop series as well, but these new processors are being offered alongside the company’s much-hyped “Meteor Lake” Core Ultra chips in laptops.
If you’re already an owner of a 13th-gen Core laptop, however, you may want to pause. These new chips seem awfully familiar, and 14th-gen Core HX laptop owners are likely see much sharper performance improvements compared to the Core Ultra than the 13th-gen mobile parts.
We’ve barely seen the first Intel Core Ultra laptops debut from Lenovo and Acer, led by our review of the Acer Swift Go 14 and hands-ons of multiple Core Ultra laptops performing AI tasks. But Intel hasn’t been shy in talking about how the Core Ultra sips power, with an emphasis on long battery life.
It now looks like the Core Ultra will be the engine for all-day productivity laptops, and the new 14th-gen mobile Core HX series will be what you’ll buy for Intel-based fast gaming laptops. About sixty HX-based notebooks will ship this year, Intel expects.
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