TECH NEWS – Arrow Lake, Raptor Lake-H Refresh and the latest addition to the Meteor Lake lineup have all been leaked, and all three follow an unusual naming scheme for Intel…

While it’s still transparent for desktop processors (the lowest category is represented by the Intel Processor brand, and then moving up there are Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, and finally Core i9 CPUs), when it comes to laptops and handheld PCs the company has adopted a much more opaque scheme. Golden Pig Upgrade has leaked the Arrow Lake and Raptor Lake-H Refresh processors; the latter is now the third generation in laptops, making it the second upgrade on this architecture due to price. It could represent a better value, and thus Arrow Lake-H and Arrow Lake-HX processors could show up in laptops paired with more expensive, modern hardware.

Arrow Lake will be branded as Core Ultra 200 and will come in H and U variants, so it could be Core Ultra 9 2XXH or Core Ultra 7 2XXU (with some numbers in place of the Xs). The Raptor Lake-H refresh will not be called Ultra, so it will show up as Core 200H with 6 P(/performance) cores and 8 E(/efficiency) cores on the Gracemont core architecture. There’s no talk of a Raptor Lake-U Refresh, so some Meteor Lake processors are likely to remain for the entry level, while Arrow Lake CPUs are destined for the higher price points.

Arrow Lake “portable” processors will be available in HX, H and U versions. Arrow Lake H processors can already be seen with 6 Lion Cove P-cores and 8 Skymont E-cores. The integrated graphics chip is based on the Xe-LPG Alchemist architecture, but some processors will be based on the more advanced Alchemist+ Xe-LPG+ architecture. The high-end Arrow Lake HX processors will be on the same circuit as the desktop processors (and could be seen with up to 8 P-cores and 16 E-cores). The Arrow Lake Core Ultra 200 and Raptor Lake-H Refresh Core 200H processors will be released by the end of the year or early 2025. The former will also include Lunar Lake-MX CPUs, but their branding is not yet known. AMD will also offer older architectures alongside more modern Strix Point chips.

Meanwhile, Intel has also added an entry-level processor to the Meteor Lake Core Ultra lineup, the Core Ultra 115U, which features only 2 P-cores at a maximum clock speed of 4.2GHz. The processor has 8 cores and 10 threads: 2 P-cores (hence the two extra threads), 4 E-cores, and 2 LP-cores, with a default clock speed of 1.5 GHz. The integrated graphics chip has 3 Xe cores and a dynamic clock speed of up to 1.8 GHz. It has a base power consumption of 15W, but interestingly its NPU has not been dumbed down, so it could be a good solution for artificial intelligence.

Interesting fact: it is not known when it will be released, but since Intel has already put it on its website, we will probably find it in cheaper laptops or handhelds.

Source: WCCFTech, WCCFTech, Bilibili, Intel