Intel Meteor Lake-S to Get 20 PCIe 5.0 Lanes, Z890 Chipset May Include Wi-Fi 7

Intel Meteor Lake-S to Get 20 PCIe 5.0 Lanes, Z890 Chipset May Include Wi-Fi 7

The somewhat mysterious Meteor Lake-S family are also said to max out at a rather unusual 6P+16E core configuration.

Hardware leaker going by the name of @leaf_hobby has dropped some info on the upcoming Intel Meteor Lake-S CPUs – in particular its PCIe 5.0 configuration. From the tweet, the leaker says these CPUs will get 4 extra PCIe 5.0 lanes – matching that of AMD Ryzen 7000 series (with X670E and B650E motherboards).

https://twitter.com/leaf_hobby/status/1629570261480792065

Additionally, the tweet also claims that the 800 series chipset will also support Wi-Fi 7, which has seen relatively small rollout in smartphones at this time but should pick up in a year or two. Another very intriguing info is the apparent Windows 12 support – we don’t know if this may be a typo happening in the leak upstream, but it’d be rather odd for Microsoft to release Windows 12 just 2 short years after Windows 11’s launch.

The Meteor Lake-S will see a new socket replacing the two-generations-old LGA1700 with LGA1851, which is expected to last at least two generations forward. The physical socket size will remain identical, meaning all existing coolers with LGA1700 socket support will not require modifications to fit them into the new socket. Sources has claimed that Z890 may arrive only in 2Q 2024 – following the Raptor Lake refresh set for Q3 launch this year.

Source: Videocardz | TechPowerUp

Pokdepinion: 6 P-cores is an interesting choice for MTL-S. Perhaps Intel factored into die sizes and decided it’s better to use two P-core’s die area in exchange for 8 more E-cores.