Intel Meteor Lake “Core Ultra” CPUs Launched: The First Chiplet Design With Next-Gen CPU Cores, Arc GPU & NPU For The AI PC Revolution

14.12.2023 - 17:29 / wccftech.com / Ai

Today is a big day as Intel launches its next-generation Core Ultra CPU family codenamed Meteor Lake, bringing some major design changes.

Meteor Lake is a huge development from Intel as it incorporates technologies that its competitor has been using for several years in the client PC segment. The biggest of these technologies is a chiplet-based design which the blue team refers to as a "disaggregated" architecture and it comes with several benefits such as allowing the company to mix and match various core IPs on different nodes to meet the right performance and cost. We have an in-depth coverage of the Meteor Lake design and CPU architecture here so today, we will be focusing on what all of these technologies have to offer to the consumer.

Just a quick overview of the specifications, the Intel Core Ultra "Meteor Lake" CPUs use a mix of IPs which include:

The Compute Tile features the Redwood Cove P-Core architecture and the Crestmont E-Core core architecture. There are also additional Crestmont Cores within the SOC tile which are optimized for low-power operations. The GPU tile is based on the Alchemist Xe-LPG architecture. All of these IPs are combined using its Foveros 3D packaging tech. All of this technology combined delivers what Intel is calling its most power-efficient client processor to date. Summing up all the major highlights of the Meteor Lake CPU:

Coming to the SKUs, the Intel Core Ultra "Meteor Lake" lineup is split into two segments, the high-end Core Ultra 100H and the low-power Core Ultra 100U.

Intel Core Ultra 100H Series

The flagship SKU of the family is the Intel Core Ultra 9 185H which features 16 cores in a 6+8+2 (P-Core / E-Core / LP E-Core) configuration with 22 threads. The chip carries 24 MB of L3 cache, a base clock of 3.8 GHz, and a boost clock of 5.1 GHz. The chip also packs an Intel Arc GPU with 8 Xe-cores running at 2350 MHz. The TDP is maintained at a base power of 45W and a maximum turbo power of 115W.

Next up, we have the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H and Core Ultra 7 155H which feature the same core configuration as the Core Ultra 9 185H but ship with lower clock speeds and tuned TDP targets. The Core Ultra 7 155H operates at 3.8 GHz base / 5.0 GHz boost while the Core Ultra 7 155H operates at 3.8 GHz base / 4.8 GHz boost clocks. Both chips are rated at a base power of 28W and can be set to MTPs of 64W or 115W.

Lastly, there are the Core Ultra 5 135H and Core Ultra 5 125H which feature 14 cores in a 4+8+2 (P-Core / E-Core / LP E-Core) configuration with 18 threads and 18 MB of L3 cache. The 135H operates at a 3.6 GHz base / 4.6 GHz boost while the 125H operates at a 3.6 GHz base / 4.5 GHz boost clock. The chips offer an Arc GPU with 7 Xe-Cores which is clocked at 2200 MHz and