The Blue team’s next big thing is coming in the form of Rocket Lake-S desktop CPUs and it seems Intel cannot keep it secret anymore. Already we have dozens of benchmarks before launch and now the Core i7-11700K is being openly sold even before launch.

Rumored to be announced on March 16th, people are getting their hands-on with these CPUs in February itself. Though Intel has not stated any specs of the Core i7-11700K or the Core i5s, we already have got all the specs of the 11th Gen Intel processors.

The strange fact is that Mindfactory, one of the biggest retailers in Germany, is openly admitting the sale of these CPUs and has even admitted that no embargo has been breached in the process. The people who bought these CPUs have posted in German tech forums like HardwareLuxx, PC Games Hardware, or ComputerBase.

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Intel Core i7-11700K is openly sold and benchmarked ahead of launch — Source: HardwareLuxx Forums, #2

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As you see the benchmarks are quite impressive with the Intel Core i7-11700K and the single-core performance is again impressive and closer to the new Ryzen counterparts. Soon, we will bring a dedicated article comparing both Core i7-11700K and Ryzen 7 5800X against each other.

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via Videocardz