Intel will expand its line of Core Ultra 200 “Arrow Lake-S” processors for desktop computers and introduce this new architecture in the mobile segment in January 2025. The company plans to launch at least 22 processor models, some of which will not be from Arrow Lake architecture.
The offer will be organized around different families. The Core Ultra 200H series, aimed at traditional laptops, will offer processors ranging from 28W to 45W based on “Arrow Lake-H”. These chips will have a maximum configuration of 6P+8E (6 P-Cores and 8 E-Cores), 24 MB of L3 cache and a graphics tile integrating twice as many Xe cores as the solution proposed by “Arrow Lake-S.” For its part, the SoC tile does not provide for any change with an NPU of 14 TOPS, insufficient to meet the requirements of Microsoft Copilot+. The lineup includes models like the Core Ultra 9 285H and Core Ultra 7 265H.
The Core Ultra 200HX, 200U and Core 200U/H offers
The Core Ultra 200HX series targets high-end laptops and workstations with processors with a thermal envelope of 55 W and 65 W. Based on “Arrow Lake HX”, they will offer a more robust architecture with at most 8 P-Cores and 16 E-Cores, 36 MB of L3 cache and improved I/O capabilities however the graphics tile will be reduced to only 4 Xe cores. For what ? This laptop market is usually associated with dedicated GPUs. Major models include the Core Ultra 9 285HX and Core Ultra 7 265HX.
For ultraportables, Intel will rely on its “Meteor Lake Refresh” architecture and not “Arrow Lake” to give rise to the Core Ultra 200U references. These chips target TDPs of 7 W to 28 W. This is a strategic choice to avoid “self-cannibalism” of Core Ultra 200V “Lunar Lake” solutions reserved for high-end ultraportables (NPU Copilot+ and iGPU Battlemage”). The Core Ultra 200U lineup consists of models like the Core Ultra 7 265U and the Core Ultra 5 235U.
Finally, Intel is also planning non-Ultra H and U Core solutions, based on the monolithic “Raptor Lake” architecture. These chips, lacking NPUs and modern iGPUs, target the consumer laptop market. Models such as the Core 9 270H and Core 5 220U are planned.
Source : Tom’s Hardware
