Intel Arrow Lake CPU Gets Core Ultra 200 Branding, Raptor Lake-H Refresh Gets Core 200H

31.03.2024 - 03:57 / wccftech.com / Lake S.Desktop / Hassan Mujtaba

Intel's next-gen Arrow Lake & Raptor Lake-H Refresh mobility CPUs are going to be branded under the Core Ultra 200 & Core 200H branding.

Intel Core Ultra 200 Branding For Arrow Lake CPUs & Core 200H Branding For Raptor Lake-H Refresh CPUs

The information comes from the trustworthy leaker, Golden Pig Upgrade, who has posted about the branding for the upcoming Intel Arrow Lake and Raptor Lake-H Refresh CPUs. This will be the third outing of the Raptor Lake lineup for laptops and the second time that it has been refreshed.

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So coming straight to the branding, the Intel Arrow Lake CPUs will be branded under the Core Ultra 200 series as a whole. This includes both H and U SKUs so you can expect chip names such as Core Ultra 9 2XXH and Core Ultra 7 2XXU. For the Raptor Lake-H Refresh, you will be looking at the Non-Ultra SKUs which will get the Core 200H branding. No Raptor Lake-U Refresh series are mentioned and Intel will likely keep some Meteor Lake SKUs to cover the entry-level segment while its Arrow Lake CPUs cover the more premium market.

Now why there's a need to refresh Raptor Lake-H for a second time is simply due to its price factor. The Raptor Lake-H chips should offer better value, if not performance positioning, in the high-end gaming category while Arrow Lake-H and Arrow Lake-HX will be used in more expensive designs & coupled with the latest hardware available at the time.

As for what we know about Arrow Lake mobility CPUs, they will come in three flavors which include HX, H & U. The Arrow Lake-H CPUs have already been spotted in configurations of 6 Lion Cove P-Cores and 8 Skymont E-Cores.

While the iGPU will be based on the same Xe-LPG "Alchemist" GPU architecture, certain SKUs will adopt the newer and refined Alchemist+ "Xe-LPG+" architecture. The high-end Arrow Lake-HX CPUs will be making use of the same dies as the desktop SKUs which were also recently spotted with up to 8 P-Cores and 16 E-Cores. Meanwhile, the Raptor Lake-H Refresh "Core 200H" CPUs will feature up to 6 P-Cores based on the Raptor Cove and 8 E-Cores based on the Gracemont core architecture.

Expect availability of the Intel Arrow Lake "Core Ultra 200" and Raptor Lake-H Refresh "Core 200H" mobility CPUs by the end of this year or early 2025. The Intel Core Ultra 200 lineup should also be including the Lunar Lake-MX CPUs but the proper branding is yet to be confirmed for those. AMD's lineup is also going to be a mix of various older architectures that will exist alongside the newer Strix Point chips.

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