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Rocket Lake µarch
General Info
Arch TypeCPU
DesignerIntel
ManufacturerIntel
IntroductionMarch 16, 2021
Process14 nm
Core Configs4, 6, 8
Pipeline
TypeSuperscalar, Superpipeline
OoOEYes
SpeculativeYes
Reg RenamingYes
Stages14-19
Decode5-way
Instructions
ISAx86-64
ExtensionsMOVBE, MMX, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, SSSE3, SSE4.1, SSE4.2, POPCNT, AVX, AVX2, AES, PCLMUL, FSGSBASE, RDRND, FMA3, F16C, BMI, BMI2, VT-x, VT-d, TXT, TSX, RDSEED, ADCX, PREFETCHW, CLFLUSHOPT, XSAVE, SGX, MPX, AVX512F, SHA
Cache
L1I Cache48 KiB/core
12-way set associative
L1D Cache32 KiB/core
8-way set associative
L2 Cache512 KiB/core
8-way set associative
L3 Cache2 MiB/core
16-way set associative
Cores
Core NamesCypress Cove
Succession
Contemporary
Tiger Lake

Rocket Lake (RKL) is a microarchitecture designed by Intel as a successor to Comet Lake for desktops and single-socket servers.


Codenames

Core Description Graphics Target
Rocket Lake S Mainstream performance GT2 Desktop performance to value, AiOs, and minis
Rocket Lake U Ultra-low power GT2 Light notebooks, portable All-in-Ones (AiOs), Minis, and conference room

Brands

Intel has released Rocket Lake under the following brand families:

Logo Family General Description Differentiating Features
Cores HT AVX AVX2 AVX512 TVB ECC
core i5 logo (2020).png Core i5 Mid-range Performance Hexa
core i7 logo (2020).png Core i7 High-end Performance Octa
core i9 logo (2020).png Core i9 High-end Performance Octa
50px Xeon 1S Server & Workstation 4-8

Release Dates

Rocket Lake was officially introduced on March 16, 2021 and went on sale from March 30, 2021. Limited quantities of the Core i7-11700K were (accidentally?) available through the German reseller Mindfactory on March 6, 2021.

The Xeon W-1300 Line using Rocket Lake is expected to be officially launched in Q3/2021.

Compatibility

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Rocket Lake will feature the same LGA1200 socket as Comet Lake. Rocket Lake is backwards compatible with Comet Lake. Rocket Lake will have new motherboards and a new 500 series chipset. Rocket Lake will not be compatible with Alder Lake.

Compiler support

Compiler Arch-Specific Arch-Favorable
ICC -march=? -mtune=?
GCC -march=rocketlake -mtune=rocketlake
LLVM -march=? -mtune=?
Visual Studio /arch:AVX512 /?

CPUID

Further information: Intel CPUIDs
Core Extended
Family
Family Extended
Model
Model Stepping
S 0 0x6 0xA 0x7 0x0-0x1
Family 6 Model 167 Stepping 0-1
Stepping: A0=0, B0=1

Architecture

Key changes from Comet Lake

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  • Display
  • I/O
    • PCIe 4.0 (from 3.0)
  • Memory
    • Faster memory for mainstream desktops (i.e., Rocket Lake S) DDR4-3200 (from DDR4-2933)
  • Packaging

See also

codenameRocket Lake +
core count4 +, 6 + and 8 +
designerIntel +
first launchedMarch 16, 2021 +
full page nameintel/microarchitectures/rocket lake +
instance ofmicroarchitecture +
instruction set architecturex86-64 +
manufacturerIntel +
microarchitecture typeCPU +
nameRocket Lake +
pipeline stages (max)19 +
pipeline stages (min)14 +
process14 nm (0.014 μm, 1.4e-5 mm) +