Loongson has revealed that its next-gen CPUs will be able to match Intel's 12th Gen Core i7 & Core i5 CPUs, propelling the domestic Chinese PC market to new heights.
04.05.2024 - 13:19 / wccftech.com / Hassan Mujtaba
Intel's Arrow Lake CPUs such as the flagship Core Ultra 9 285K are rumored to feature a clock speed of up to 5.5 GHz, far less than the existing Raptor Lake CPUs which can clock up to 6.20 GHz.
In a series of posts made by MebiuW over at Weibo, it looks like desktop users planning to upgrade to Intel's next-gen Arrow Lake-S "Core Ultra 200" CPUs can expect a huge regression in clock speed. Currently, the Intel Core i9-14900KS, which is the Raptor Lake-S flagship desktop chip, can clock up to 6.20 GHz and is by far the fastest-clocked production chip to be released.
The flagship Intel Arrow Lake-S Desktop CPU, the Core Ultra 9 285K, is expected to feature 24 cores and 24 threads of which 8 cores will be based on the Lion Cove P-Core architecture & 16 cores will be based on the Skymont E-Core architecture. This chip will utilize the 8+16 "H0" die configuration & while it is told that the 6+8 die uses the Intel 20A process node, it is unclear if the "Unlocked" K-series chips will also utilize 20A or go with TSMC's 3nm process node.
But regardless of the choice of node, it looks like Intel's Arrow Lake-S "Core Ultra 200" Desktop CPUs will run into a huge clock speed disparity. The maximum clock speed for the flagship is rumored to be around 12% slower than the 14900KS which ends up around 5.5 GHz. That's a -700 MHz difference which is substantial, to say the least. But Intel can boost its per-core performance to such an extent that it negates the clock speed difference however that might also not be the case.
It is further mentioned that the per-core performance uplift for Intel Arrow Lake-S "Core Ultra 200" Desktop CPUs should be less than 12%. Now this means that the first-generation Arrow Lake CPUs will end up faster than the Alder Lake CPUs but the overall generational performance uplift versus the 14th Gen chips might not be that high. Previously leaked "internal" performance projections by Intel (posted by Igor's Lab) showed that the Arrow Lake-S 8+16 CPU should be around 10% faster vs 14th Gen on average at the same power.
The performance was normalized to PL1/PL2 at 253W which is a tad bit higher than Intel's own recommended "Baseline" profile which is a major issue when it comes to stability on current 13th and 14th Gen chips. With these baseline
Loongson has revealed that its next-gen CPUs will be able to match Intel's 12th Gen Core i7 & Core i5 CPUs, propelling the domestic Chinese PC market to new heights.
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