Many new processors: Intel hands over the rational CPUs
Intel is updating almost its entire notebook portfolio. The cheaper and more efficient Core Ultra 200S is also coming.
Until now, the Core Ultra 200S was only available in the overclockable K versions. Other models with lower electrical power consumption will follow soon.
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Intel will be introducing a total of seven processor series over the coming weeks and months. These include new desktop processors such as the Core Ultra 5 225, mobile models for slim ultrabooks and CPUs for edge servers. However, Intel is not yet sharing all the details.
The first step will be vPro versions of the Core Ultra 200V (Lunar Lake) for business notebooks. The specifications are the same as the consumer versions such as the Core Ultra 9 288V including four performance and four efficiency cores. The vPro types allow additional management options in companies and have certified security functions.
New for desktop PCs and notebooks
The additional Core Ultra 200S (Arrow Lake) for desktop PCs will be released on January 13. The most interesting will be the more efficient 65-watt variants from the 10-core Core Ultra 5 225 to the 24-core Core Ultra 285. 35-watt versions with the T suffix will be released at the same time. Intel did not provide a more detailed model overview with clock frequencies and prices in advance. Cheaper mainboards with the B860 and H810 chipsets will also be available.
The Core Ultra 200H and Core Ultra 200U series will be available for notebooks from February. The former are intended for gaming notebooks and have a thermal design power (TDP) of 45 watts. They use the same Lion Cave and Skymont cores as the Core Ultra 200S for desktop PCs.
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Surprisingly, the two lower-power E-cores in the I/O tile are activated here, in contrast to the desktop models. Accordingly, Intel advertises up to 16 CPU cores: six performance, eight efficiency and two low-power efficiency cores.
The U models with TDP values from 15 watts are used in slim ultrabooks. Intel does not specify the exact core architectures – supposedly it is a new edition of the previous Core Ultra 100U (Meteor Lake) with a slight increase in clock speed. Accordingly, the previous core generation Redwood Cove and Crestmont would be included. The top models combine two P-cores with eight E-cores.
The Core Ultra 200HX should follow by the middle of the year. They use the same chips as the desktop models with up to eight performance and 16 efficiency cores. They are intended for high-end gaming notebooks and mobile workstations.
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All Core Ultra processors apart from the 200V still have a rather weak AI unit with only 13 TOPS. Intel tries to conceal this: on the one hand with additional AI computing power of the CPU and GPU cores, on the other hand with selected sample benchmarks, according to which the AI accelerators are faster per TOPS than with Nvidia.
Old new for edge servers
Edge systems get the Core 200S, 200H and 100U. The latter two are new editions of the previous Raptor Lakes, which originally appeared as the Core i-13000. The Core 200S, which Intel has given the new code name Bartlett Lake, could be more interesting.
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According to rumors, this will include processors that only use performance cores – and up to 12 of these instead of the previous maximum of eight. However, Intel has not yet confirmed the existence of such a 12-P core and is only talking about up to eight P and 16 E cores in the top models. Meanwhile, the designation 200S is confusing, as the CPUs use LGA1700 mainboards like the Core i-14000.
The announcement is being made as part of the CES 2025 tech trade fair. Heise Medien is an official media partner of CES 2025.
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