Intel announced new Core Ultra 200S processors
By ForGeeks Intel has unveiled its latest Core Ultra 200S desktop processors, built on the new Arrow Lake architecture. This generation offers modest performance gains, but is heavily focused on efficiency gains. Intel claims a 9 percent increase in IPC for P cores and a significant 32 percent improvement for E cores, delivering up to 13 percent more multi-threaded performance over the competition. Even more impressive, Arrow Lake reduces case power by 40 percent and lowers operating temperatures.
At the same time, Arrow Lake has a 40 percent reduction in case power and lower operating temperatures.
The new chips feature a tile-based architecture that eschews Intel’s traditional monolithic design. Key components such as CPU, GPU, SoC, and I/O are now divided into separate tiles, and the compute tile houses the P cores and E cores, which share L3 and L2 caches.
The new chips have a tile-based architecture.
Intel announced five new SKUs, led by the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, which replaces the Core i9-14900K. Other models include the Core Ultra 7 265K and the Core Ultra 5 245K. The 285K features an 8P+16E core set, the 265K — 8P+12E, and the 245K — 6P+8E. Notably, HyperThreading has been abandoned, so each P-core now has a single thread, just like the E-core.
HyperThreading has been abandoned.
All models with integrated graphics feature 4 Intel Xe cores and an integrated NPU capable of 13 TOPS. However, clock speeds are slightly lower than previous generations, with the 285K maxing out at 5.7GHz compared to the 14900K’s 6GHz.
When it comes to performance, Intel’s claims are mixed. The flagship 285K shows an 8 percent boost in single-threaded tasks compared to the 14900K and a 15 percent boost in multi-threaded tasks. However, gaming performance remains on par with the 14900K, although Intel notes a significant reduction in power consumption — up to 165W in some scenarios. On average, the 285K runs 13 degrees cooler, but still matches the 14900K’s maximum power consumption — 250 watts.
The 285K runs 13 degrees cooler, but still matches the 14900K’s maximum power consumption — 250 watts.
The new 200S series supports the LGA1851 socket and Intel’s 800 series chipset, which offers more PCIe lanes but no DDR4 support. The chips support 6400 MHz memory as standard, 8000 MHz memory is recommended.
Prices start at $589 for the Core Ultra 9 285K, $394 for the Core Ultra 7 265K, and $309 for the Core Ultra 5 245K, with sales and pre-orders starting October 24.
