Intel trickery isn't going to work under laptop thermal constraints. When Dragon Range lands, Raptor Lake is crushed.
I wouldn't be terribly surprised if this turns out to be accurate. Based on what we know of the changes so far, I'd only expect to see any significant differences between Alder and Raptor lake in the free-for-all HX series with what are effectively desktop chips and TDPs, and even then only in designs with substantial cooling systems.