While Europe is going through a particularly hot summer, processors’ instability problems Intel Raptor Lake Return surface. A Firefox developer has revealed an increase in crash reports linked to these CPUs, directly correlated with temperatures on the continent.
The Core i9 processors of 13th and 14th generation, already known for their questionable reliability, seem again put in difficulty under high thermal conditions. The persistent problem, linked to a degradation of silicon And in poor management of tensions, had nevertheless been the subject of corrective on the part of Intel … without real success.
Intel Raptor Lake: Mass ranges linked to temperature: Firefox Bot Deactivated
According to the developer of Firefox, the crash reports linked to CPU Raptor Lake have multiplied in recent weeks to the point of Disable the bot responsible for collecting this data. Such a frequency of errors leaves little doubt about their origin: voltage fluctuations become unmanageable with temperature rise, which seriously affects the stability of the systems concerned.
This phenomenon is mainly observed with models Core i9-13900K/KF et 14900Kwhich consume a lot of energy and give off significant warmth. Moreover, a studio manager using Unreal Engine recently declared that she had measured A failure rate of 50 % On these chips, justifying its full passage to the AMD ecosystem for reasons of reliability.
Intel tries to limit the damage, but the evil is done
Faced with this situation, Intel had proposed a Guarantee extension Allowing affected users to return their CPUs to RMA, but this solution only deals with symptoms, not causes. Since the first alerts, many users have preferred to change the processor or platform, abandoning the Raptor Lake series in favor of more stable solutions.
Hopes are now based on future architectures as Nova Lakeexpected in 2026, which should provide better performance/energy efficiency balance. In the meantime, users who meet recurring crashes with their CPU Raptor Lake are strongly invited to consider a return procedure or a replacement.
This new setback for Intel is added to a series of technical disappointments for several generations, leaving an increasingly comfortable place in AMD in the high -performance processors segment.
