Arrow Lake (microprocessor)
| Launched | October 24, 2024 |
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| Designed by | Intel |
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Branding | |
| Brand name(s) | Core Ultra |
| Generation | Series 2 |
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Instructions & Architecture | |
| Instructions set | x86 |
| Instructions | x86-64 |
| P-core architecture | Lion Cove |
| E-core architecture | Skymont |
Cores | |
| Peak core clock | Up to 5.7 GHz |
| P-core L1 cache | 112 KB (per core):
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| E-core L1 cache | 96 KB (per cluster):
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| P-core L2 cache | 3 MB (per core) |
| E-core L2 cache | 4 MB (per cluster) |
| P-core L3 cache | 3 MB (per core) |
| E-core L3 cache | 3 MB (per cluster) |
Graphics | |
| Graphics architecture | Xe-LPG Xe-LPG+ |
| Execution Units | Up to 64 EUs |
| Xe Cores | Up to 8 Xe Cores |
| Peak graphics clock | 2.0 GHz |
| NPU | |
| Architecture | NPU 3720 |
| TOPS | 13 |
Memory Support | |
| Type | DDR5-6400 |
| Memory channels | 2 channels |
| Maximum capacity | 192 GB |
I/O | |
| PCIe support | PCIe 5.0 |
| PCIe lanes | 20 PCIe 5.0 lanes 4 PCIe 4.0 lanes |
| DMI version | DMI 4.0 x8 |
History | |
| Predecessor | Meteor Lake |
| Variant | Lunar Lake |
| Successor | Panther Lake |
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Arrow Lake is the codename for Core Ultra Series 2 processors designed by Intel, released on October 24, 2024. It follows on from Meteor Lake which saw Intel move from monolithic silicon to a disaggregated MCM design. Meteor Lake was limited to a mobile release while Arrow Lake includes both socketable deskop processors and mainstream and enthusiast mobile processors. Core Ultra 200H and 200HX series mobile processors will follow in early 2025.[2]
Background
[edit]The first official mention of Arrow Lake came on February 17, 2022 at Intel's Investor Meeting where it was confirmed that Arrow Lake would be the successor to Meteor Lake. Arrow Lake was confirmed to use a disaggregated construction and would be fabricated on Intel's 20A node and external nodes.[3]
In September 2023, Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger showcased a 20A wafer at Intel's Innovation event containing Arrow Lake test dies, reiterating that Arrow Lake products were on schedule.[4] On December 14, 2023, Meteor Lake launched in 9W and 15W form factors for ultra thin notebooks.[5]
At CES in January 2024, Intel stated that Arrow Lake would launch for desktop in the second half of 2024.[6] Intel claimed that Arrow Lake would be the "world's first gaming processor with an AI accelerator" despite AMD's Ryzen 8000G desktop APUs, codenamed "Phoenix-G", with a dedicated XDNA AI engine launching first in January 2024.[7] On May 20, 2024, Intel reaffirmed that Arrow Lake was on track for a Q4 2024 release with an update promised at Computex in the following weeks. On June 4, 2024, Intel shared details on the Lion Cove P-cores and Skymont E-core architectures that are shared between Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake.
Arrow Lake-S desktop processors were announced on October 10, 2024 with an October 24 release date.[8]
Features
[edit]CPU
[edit]- Up to 8 Lion Cove performance CPU cores (P-core)
- Up to 16 Skymont efficient CPU cores (E-core)
- Up to 2 low power Skymont efficient CPU cores (LP E-core)
GPU
[edit]- Intel Xe-LPG Plus (Gen12.74) GPU with up to 320 Xe Vector Engines (XVE)[9][10][11][12]
- Intel Xe Matrix eXtension (XMX/Dot Product Accumulate Systolic) support
- 8K 10-bit AV1 hardware encoder (first for Intel desktop CPUs, Meteor Lake first to receive this feature for Intel mobile CPUs)
NPU
[edit]Intel AI Boost Neural Processing Unit (NPU) inference accelerator.[13][14]
I/O
[edit]- LGA 1851 socket for desktop processors
- BGA Type3 and Type4 HDI for mobile processors
- Up to 16x PCI Express 5.0 for dGPU, and 4x PCI Express 5.0 for NVMe from CPU, and another 4x PCI Express 4.0 for NVMe from CPU
- DDR5 and LPDDR5X memory support
- Up to DDR5-6400 with Core Ultra 200S Series processors (1DPC)[15]
- Up to DDR5-6400 when using clocked unbuffered memory (CUDIMM) or clocked SODIMM (CSODIMM) memory[15][16][a]
- Up to DDR5-5600 when using unbuffered memory (UDIMM) or SO-DIMM (small outline DIMM) memory[15][16][a]
- Up to DDR5-5600 with Core Ultra 200S Series processors (2DPC)[15]
- Up to DDR5-5600 single rank (1R) / dual rank (2R) UDIMM/CUDIMMs with one module inserted in any slot as single-channel configuration (1DIMM)[15][b]
- Up to DDR5-4800 single rank (1R) UDIMM/CUDIMMs with one pair of modules inserted into all (four) slots that operates in a dual-channel configuration configuration (2DIMM)[15][c]
- Up to DDR5-4400 dual rank (2R) UDIMM/CUDIMMs with one pair of modules inserted into all (four) slots that operates in a dual-channel configuration (2DIMM)[15][d]
- Up to LPDDR5X-7467
- Up to DDR5-6400 with Core Ultra 200S Series processors (1DPC)[15]
- DMI 4.0 x8 link with Intel 800 series PCH chipsets
- Up to 1 TB/s interconnect between cores
- Thunderbolt 4 and Wi-Fi 7 support (integrated for mobile variants)
- DisplayPort 2.1 native support (first for Intel desktop CPUs, Meteor Lake first to receive this for Intel mobile CPUs)
- HDMI 2.1 with 48 Gbit/s native support (first for Intel desktop CPUs, Meteor Lake first to receive this for Intel mobile CPUs)
List of Arrow Lake processors
[edit]Desktop processors
[edit]Arrow Lake-S
[edit]| Branding | SKU | Cores (threads) |
Clock rate (GHz) | Arc Graphics | NPU (TOPS) |
Cache | Power | Released | Price (USD)[i] | |||||||
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| Base | Turbo | |||||||||||||||
| P | E | P | E | P | E | Xe Cores (XVEs) |
Clock (GHz) |
L2 | L3 | Base | Turbo | |||||
| Core Ultra 9 | 285K | 8 (8) | 16 (16) | 3.7 | 3.2 | 5.7 | 4.6 | 4 (64) | 2.0 | 13 | 40 MB | 36 MB | 125 W | 250 W | Oct 24, 2024 | $589 |
| Core Ultra 7 | 265K | 12 (12) | 3.9 | 3.3 | 5.5 | 4.6 | 4 (64) | 2.0 | 36 MB | 33 MB | 125 W | 250 W | $394 | |||
| 265KF | — | $379 | ||||||||||||||
| Core Ultra 5 | 245K | 6 (6) | 8 (8) | 4.2 | 3.6 | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4 (64) | 1.9 | 26 MB | 24 MB | 125 W | 159 W | $309 | ||
| 245KF | — | $294 | ||||||||||||||
- ^ Price is Recommended Customer Price (RCP) at launch. RCP is the trade price that processors are sold by Intel to retailers and OEMs. Actual MSRP for consumers is higher.
Mobile processors
[edit]Arrow Lake-H
[edit]Arrow Lake-HX
[edit]Notes
[edit]- ^ a b For example, a 1 × 32 GB memory module (DIMM) inserted in a single-channel configuration, or 2 × 16 GB memory modules (DIMMs) inserted in a dual-channel configuration, one or two DIMM slots populated respectively (1DPC).
- ^ For example, 1 × 16 GB and 1 × 32 GB, or alternatively one pair of identical memory modules, inserted in a single-channel configuration, two DIMM slots populated (2DPC).
- ^ For example, 4 × 16 GB single-sided memory modules (1R) inserted in a dual-channel configuration, four DIMM slots populated (2DPC).
- ^ For example, 4 × 48 GB double-sided memory modules (2R) inserted in a dual-channel configuration, four DIMM slots populated (2DPC).
References
[edit]- ^ "Intel lists testing interposers for Next-Gen Xe2 "Battlemage2 GPUs and Core Ultra "Arrow Lake-HX" CPUs". VideoCardz. 16 August 2023.
- ^ WhyCry (10 October 2024). "Intel confirms Core Ultra 200H and 200HX mobile series launching in Q1 2025". VideoCardz. Retrieved 20 October 2024.
- ^ "Intel Technology Roadmaps and Milestones". Intel Newsroom. 17 February 2022. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ Alcorn, Paul (19 September 2023). "Intel Displays Arrow Lake Wafer With 20A Process Node, Chips Arrive in 2024". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ Bonshor, Gavin (14 December 2023). "Intel Releases Core Ultra H and U-Series Processors: Meteor Lake Brings AI and Arc to Ultra Thin Notebooks". AnandTech. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ Alcorn, Paul (8 January 2024). "Intel's Arrow Lake and Lunar Lake CPUs will arrive in 2024 - three times more AI performance for both GPU and NPU". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ Evanson, Nick (9 January 2024). "'World's first gaming processor with an AI accelerator': Intel's Arrow Lake will be coming to desktop PCs in the second half of this year". PC Gamer. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ Alcorn, Paul (10 October 2024). "Intel Launches Arrow Lake Core Ultra 200S — big gains in productivity and power efficiency, but not in gaming". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 24 October 2024.
- ^ "Intel Accelerated" (PDF). Intel. 2021. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ Smith, Ryan (17 February 2022). "Intel Meteor Lake Client Processors to use Arc Graphics Chiplets". AnandTech. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "Intel® Arc™ A-series Graphics Gaming API Developer and Optimization Guide". Intel. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
- ^ "[PATCH v1 0/3] Extend ARL support". 8 January 2024.
- ^ "Intel Posts New Linux Driver for "Versatile Processing Unit" Coming with 14th Gen CPUs".
- ^ "Intel® NPU Driver - Windows".
- ^ a b c d e f g "Intel® Core™ Ultra 200S Series Processors Datasheet, Volume 1 of 2". Intel® Core™ Ultra and Intel® Core™ Processors Technical Resources. Intel. 10 October 2024. p. 108. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
- ^ a b Morales, Jowi (15 October 2024). "Intel's Arrow Lake official memory speeds are unchanged with standard memory sticks — pricier CUDIMM memory needed for faster base spec". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 21 October 2024.