Two issues to deal with straight away is likely to be:
- Intel has dropped Hyper-Threading from all CPUs for the primary time since (I imagine) the pre-HT Pentium 4 period
- Intel just isn’t showcasing TDP on this slide, although it’s proven later within the presentation (it’s 250W for Core Extremely 9 and seven; 159W for Core Extremely 5)
We could over-react to those factors briefly? Intel is making fairly a play for effectivity right here, highlighting the numerous features that Arrow Lake-S has made in that division in comparison with Rocket Lake-S in single-threaded workloads (a 2x enchancment), however we might want to see numbers from a wide range of workloads from unbiased reviewers earlier than we make a last judgment on multi-core effectivity. The ability numbers simply aren’t that a lot decrease total, contemplating the brand new flagship nonetheless has a 250W PL1 and PL2 (down simply 3W from Intel-defined Rocket Lake-S limits).
As to pricing, here’s what Intel is asking the “Advised eTail Value” (not a 1K tray worth) for these new elements:
- Intel Core Extremely 9 285K – $589 USD
- Intel Core Extremely 7 265K – $394 USD
- Intel Core Extremely 7 265KF – $379 USD
- Intel Core Extremely 5 245K – $309 USD
- Intel Core Extremely 5 245KF – $294 USD
And, if you’re the kind to purchase flagship fanatic CPUs and run them with out a discrete GPU, right here’s a slide in regards to the Xe graphics discovered within the new Arrow Lake-S processors (aside from the KF SKUs, after all):
