Intel is developing next-generation CPUs. At Thursday’s AI Everywhere event, Intel revealed all the details of its Core Ultra (now Core “i”) mobile processors that will be part of its Meteor Lake lineup. The new partitioned setup promises improved power efficiency and performance. Tasks across different chiplets.
Intel says its Core Ultra 7 165H chip delivers an 11 percent increase in multi-threaded performance compared to competing laptop processors such as the AMD Ryzen 7 7840U, Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx Gen 3, and Apple’s own M3 chip. It is said that there is It also consumes 25% less power compared to the previous Intel Core i7-1370P and delivers up to 79% less power than AMD’s Ryzen 7 7840U “in the same 28W envelope in an ultra-thin notebook.” Masu.
All new Intel CPUs also feature an NPU (Neural Processing Unit) that provides low-power AI acceleration and CPU/GPU offloading that can perform AI-powered tasks such as background blurring, eye tracking, and images. ”. framing. This integration is believed to make running AI models such as Stable Diffusion more efficient compared to Intel’s previous generation of chips.
Intel primarily highlighted the strengths of its Core Ultra 7 165H chip, but the flagship Intel Core Ultra 9 185H is the leader of the pack with 16 cores and 22 threads. Of these 16 cores, there are 6 performance (P) cores and 8 efficiency (E) cores.
There are also two low-power (LP-E) cores that reside in “low-power islands” of the chip. This is a new section that handles less demanding workloads for increased efficiency. The Core Ultra 9 185H packs an Arc GPU with a boost clock of up to 5.1 GHz and 8 Xe cores running at up to 2.35 GHz. The new Xe LPG architecture enables increased performance with lower minimum voltages, and also adds support for Intel’s XeSS upscaling technology and ray tracing.
The addition of the NPU comes just a few months after Microsoft shipped the first Intel NPU in Windows laptops as part of the Surface Laptop Studio 2. The software maker didn’t explain how to take advantage of this NPU in Windows beyond the usual Windows Studio effects. , but it’s clear that Intel is laying the groundwork here for the chip for greater AI capabilities that will be included in the next version of Windows.
Intel’s Core Ultra 9 185H processor won’t launch until 2024, but most of its other Meteor Lake chips will launch today. This includes Intel’s second most powerful chip, the Core Ultra 7 165H, with 16 cores and 22 threads and a boost clock of up to 5.0 GHz.
There’s also the Core Ultra 7 165U, Core Ultra 5 135H, Core Ultra 5 135U, and a few other options that aren’t as powerful as Intel’s flagships. It’s worth noting that only Intel’s H-series chips have built-in Arc GPUs, as the company’s U-series CPUs only offer integrated Intel graphics. You can see a complete list of all chips and their specifications in the table above.
Many new laptops already feature the new Intel Core Ultra chips. First, MSI is launching the high-end Prestige 16 AI Studio laptop. This laptop weighs 3.5 pounds but has some pretty impressive specs, including Intel’s Core Ultra 9 185H processor and his Nvidia’s 4070 laptop GPU. There is a 13-inch Prestige AI Evo model with up to an Intel Core Ultra 7 155H processor. MSI’s 16-inch Prestige AI Studio laptop starts at $1,899, and the Prestige 13 AI Evo starts at $1,049 and up.
Asus has also upped the specs in its laptops with Intel Core Ultra.is starting Lightweight Zenbook 14 OLED Laptop Powered by up to Intel Core Ultra 7 chips with Intel Arc graphics. The laptop will start at $1,299.99, with “additional configurations” (likely including Intel’s Core Ultra 9 chip) expected to arrive in early 2024.
1/Five
Photo by Antonio G. Di Benedetto/The Verge
Meanwhile, Lenovo announced three laptops with the new chip, including the 12th generation ThinkPad X1 Carbon, 9th generation ThinkPad X1 2-in-1, and IdeaPad Pro 5i. These three models are quite expensive, with the new ThinkPad X1 Carbon starting at $2,989 in a “limited configuration” and the Lenovo IdeaPad Pro 5i starting at $1,149.99. The ThinkPad X1 2-in-1 starts at $2,639 and will be available starting March 2024.
As if that wasn’t enough, Acer is jumping on the Intel Core Ultra bandwagon with the new Swift Go 14 and gaming-focused Predator Triton Neo 16. Swift Go 14 laptops come with up to Intel Core. The Ultra 7 155H offers up to 12.5 hours of battery life and up to 32 GB of his LPDDR5X RAM for a starting price of $999.99. The Predator Triton Neo 16, on the other hand, will launch in March 2024 and will be powered by up to an Intel Core Ultra 9 185H chip and up to an Nvidia RTX 4070 GPU. Prices for the Predator Triton Neo 16 start at $1,499.99.
There’s clearly no shortage of laptops with Intel’s improved chips, but you might want to wait until Intel releases Core Ultra 9 next year to get your hands on the top-of-the-line model.