Since the 13th Gen Core "Raptor Lake" microarchitecture already got its refresh with the 14th Gen Core "Raptor Lake Refresh," the company decided to go with "Raptor Lake Next" as codename for its next line of Socket LGA1700 desktop processors. These chips are born out of necessity, to provide options to PC buyers stuck with the decade-old DDR4 memory standard in wake of the DDR5 memory pricing crisis, given that the current Core Ultra "Arrow Lake" processors lack DDR4 backwards compatibility.

An inside report by JayKihn suggests that Intel could switch to the newer Core Series 3 processor model numbering scheme for its new processors, without the "Ultra" brand extension, denoting the lack of an integrated NPU. Intel could use the opportunity to carve out new combinations of CPU P-core counts, E-core counts, and L3 cache sizes, with the top part in the series expected to be 8P+8E, and not 8P+16E that the "Raptor Lake-S" silicon physically has. These chips could occupy price points in the entry-thru-performance segments, and Intel will ensure they don't tread on the market space of its next-generation Core Ultra "Nova Lake-S"