Intel has announced its Arrow Lake desktop processors in the Core Ultra 200K series, also referred to as Core Ultra 200S. The company promises a 15% increase in performance while significantly reducing power consumption.
The initial wave of desktop Arrow Lake-S includes unlocked chips with a nominal TDP of 125W. These processors are aimed at enthusiasts and gamers. The fastest model, the Core Ultra 9 285K, features 24 cores (8 performance cores Lion Cove and 16 efficient cores Skymont) and a clock speed of 5.7 GHz. It is equipped with a 4-core Xe graphics processor. The Core Ultra 7 265K has 20 cores (8 + 12) and can boost up to 5.5 GHz. The Core Ultra 5 245 offers 6 performance cores and 8 efficient cores with a frequency of up to 5.2 GHz. The 265KF and 245KF variants lack integrated Xe graphics. All Arrow Lake-S processors come with an NPU that delivers 13 TOPS, which is 3.7 times slower than the neural chip found in the mobile Lunar Lake.
The Lion Cove cores (performance cores) have 18 execution ports and up to 36 MB of L3 cache. They are expected to provide a 9% higher IPC (instructions per clock) compared to the Raptor Cove in the 14th generation Core series. The efficient Skymont core comes with doubled L2 cache throughput and 4 MB of L2 cache compared to its predecessor. It delivers 32% higher IPC for integer operations and up to +72% for floating-point operations compared to Gracemont.
The Intel Arrow Lake-S is the first desktop platform featuring the Xe-LP graphics architecture. These processors offer up to 4 Xe cores and 4 ray tracing units. The integrated graphics delivers 8 TOPS for AI operations. It supports DirectX 12 Ultimate, although acceptable performance in demanding games should not be expected. The GPU includes the Xe Media Engine and supports encoding for AV1, AVC, HEVC, etc. It also supports the DP4a instruction and XeSS scaling.
Intel emphasizes low power consumption. According to internal tests, the 285K processor requires up to 58% less power for performance tasks compared to Raptor Lake-R chips. For gaming, the difference is stated as -73W compared to the 14900K when using the base profile. Reduced power consumption means lower temperatures — Intel claims that the new processors are on average 13 °C cooler than their predecessors.
Intel also unveiled the top-tier Z890 chipset for premium motherboards featuring a new LGA-1851 socket, which is compatible only with Core Ultra 200. The most significant upgrade is the support for 20 PCIe 5.0 lanes. Next-generation graphics with PCIe 5.0 will no longer be limited to 8 lanes when used with PCIe 5.0 M.2 SSDs.
Considering that AnandTech's website is no longer operational, detailed reviews of the processors can be found on Tom's Hardware and TechPowerUp. The first five models of the Core Ultra 200K are priced from $249 to $589. New motherboards will be required for the new processors, adding at least $200 to the platform's total cost. The processors are set to hit the market on October 24.
Source: VideoCardz
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