Intel reportedly announces the Core Ultra CPUs with some interesting details Updated: Oct 10, 2024 6:11 pm WePC is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Prices subject to change. Learn more Table of Contents Table of Contents Intel has announced the Core Ultra 200 series says VideoCardz, it’s likely that Intel made Its announcement with press packs, though we were expecting something more public. Intel’s Core Ultra 200 series CPUs have been announced and scheduled for release on October 24th. The new generation brings with it a vast amount of improvements and differences compared to the 14th generation. We just hope the recent rumors of mediocre gaming performance originated from preliminary tests because from what we have seen, these CPUs look fantastic. IPC improvements Intel Core Ultra CPUs feature brand-new Lion Cove P-cores and Skymont E-cores, both of which offer huge generational improvements. Intel Core Ultra Arrow Lake specs – VideoCardz Lion Cove cores offer a 9% IPC uplift on the performance cores featured in the 14th generation (Raptor Cove). And with the Core Ultra 9 285K clocks running at 5.7 GHz turbo it should result in an overall uplift. Skymont, on the other hand, is a different story. The IPC uplift offered here is a massive 32% over the last generation’s Gracemont cores. E-cores were the limiting factor when it came to the performance of their 14th generation, so it’ll be interesting to see how this 32% uplift translates into E-core performance. This is likely where the confidence to axe hyperthreaded cores came from. Intel has made a clear effort to increase efficiency this time around, as AMD did with its 9000 series. We’ll have to wait and see if Intel’s CPUs suffer the same underwhelming performance. Xe GPU Intel Core Ultra Xe GPU – VideoCardz Intel’s Arrow Lake is the first desktop platform to get the Arc treatment, it features the Xe-Core architecture (Xe-LP) and uses Arc software and drivers for easier tweaking. All of the CPUs will feature the same iGPU and offer up to 4 Xe-Cores and 4 Ray Tracing Units. For AI, the Xe GPU can deliver 8 TOPS for AI workloads, we’re left wondering if there will be a way to use this AI power with a dedicated GPU attached, or if it needs the iGPU to be primary. It’s not expected that this kind of GPU will be able to perform heavy gaming workloads, though it does feature compatibility with DirectX 12. Price The Price of Intel’s Core Ultra series was already leaked, and we’re pleased to say that the leak was correct. Here are the prices that Intel announced for the Arrow Lake desktop series: Core Ultra series price – VideoCardz Efficiency Intel has made a huge effort to make its CPUs more efficient over the past few generations, this first began with the 12th generation Alder Lake lineup and its split “big.LITTLE” core architecture. The spit core architecture still persists, and coupled with the IPC increases, clock speed reductions, and hyperthreading ousting, it’s able to get some pretty big numbers. Core Ultra efficiency – VideoCardz Intel noted that the 285K requires up to 58% less power in productivity workloads compared to the 14900K, similarly, there’s also a geometric mean of -73W in gaming workload compared to the same Raptor Lake flagship. This baseline results in 13 degrees cooler temperatures on average, something Intel users know all too well is how hot the CPUs get. We’ll have to wait and see for the full release on October 24th to see how all of this translates into performance. But we sure are impressed with the numbers so far.
