Intel says Arrow Lake will consume 100W less power than Raptor Lake, new GPUs coming this year

[DragonSlayer101]

Something to look forward to: Intel's next-generation Arrow Lake CPUs are expected to offer significant performance gains over Raptor Lake. The company also claims that these new processors will be more power-efficient and stable than their predecessors. Intel, often referred to as Chipzilla, has assured users that the changes made in its microcode BIOS update to address instability issues won't affect the processors' overclocking abilities.

According to Intel's statement at a press event in China, Arrow Lake CPUs will not only be significantly faster than Raptor Lake but will also consume "at least" 100 watts less power than the current lineup. This is good news for consumers, as Raptor Lake's higher power requirements and voltage imbalances were identified as the primary causes of the stability issues affecting many 13th- and 14th-gen Core CPUs.

The report also claims that Intel confirmed its Battlemage GPUs will arrive later this year. An earlier leak suggested that the company aims to release its next-gen GPU architecture by fall 2024, in time for the holiday shopping season. If accurate, this means Battlemage will hit the market around the same time that Nvidia is expected to launch its RTX 50-series graphics cards.

While Intel did not confirm the exact power configurations of its Arrow Lake SKUs, a leak from a notable tipster provides some insight into their power consumption. According to Jaykihn, Intel's Arrow Lake-S Desktop CPUs will come in 8+16, 8+12, 6+8, and 6+4 core configurations. All of these, except for the 6+4 models, are expected to have power ratings of up to 125W for the unlocked "K" series SKUs. The other chips in these lineups are said to have either 65W or 35W PL1 ratings.

Still no EDS, so I'll throw my preliminary compilations out there.

ARL-S, ARL-HX, ARL-UH, PTL-UH pic.twitter.com/1ypLSZ7oaz

– Jaykihn (@jaykihn0) August 9, 2024

The flagship chip with an 8+16 configuration, rumored to be marketed as the Core Ultra 9 285K, will reportedly feature an "Extreme" mode in addition to the standard "Performance" and "Baseline" modes. It is tipped to have a 125W PL1 and 295W PL2 rating in Extreme mode, a 125W PL1 and 250W PL2 rating in Performance mode, and a 125W PL1 and 179W PL2 rating in Baseline mode.

Interestingly, the Arrow Lake lineup was initially expected to include a couple of 40-core (8+32) and 32-core (8+24) chips, but those have reportedly been canceled. Instead, the lineup now mentions a pair of entry-level 8-core (4+4) models that are expected to launch alongside their more powerful counterparts. One of these is said to have a 65W PL1 rating, while the other could have a 35W TDP.

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Intel says Arrow Lake will consume 100W less power than Raptor Lake, new GPUs coming this year

 

[HardReset]

It is tipped to have a 125W PL1 and 295W PL2 rating in Extreme mode, a 125W PL1 and 250W PL2 rating in Performance mode, and a 125W PL1 and 179W PL2 rating in Baseline mode.

14900K has 243W PL2 rating. I cannot see how 295W is 100W LESS.

 

[MSIGamer]

14900K has 243W PL2 rating. I cannot see how 295W is 100W LESS.

Hahaha exactly. Looks like 50W more!!
100W less than what? An overclocked 14900ks at launch day? 400w-100w = 300w.
Well played.

Intel is a train wreck right now. I mean the lies just keep going. They're not even trying to hide it anymore.

 

[Lew Zealand]

Looking at that spreadsheet, they originally had an 8P 32E core CPU with a PL4 of 667W.

Now whyever would they have cancelled that ridiculous part?

 

[brucek]

If they leave their 13900K/14900K customers stuck with broken CPUs, who is going to trust them enough to find out if these parts really are any better?

 

[WhiteLeaff]

14900K has 243W PL2 rating. I cannot see how 295W is 100W LESS.

**100w compared to the 14900ks with 400w TDP.

 

[OortCloud]

Intel, you need to drop the lake thing. So many lake processors now I've lost track.
How about giving each generation a clear name that better describes them.
Gen 13 could have been called 'oxidisation clusterf**k', and maybe 'over-volted-microcode suicide' for gen 14 - just some thoughts you might want to run by marketing?

 

[kiwigraeme]

Intel, you need to drop the lake thing. So many lake processors now I've lost track.
How about giving each generation a clear name that better describes them.
Gen 13 could have been called 'oxidisation clusterf**k', and maybe 'over-volted-microcode suicide' for gen 14 - just some thoughts you might want to run by marketing?

We currently have the the lake of despair

The new one is The Lake of Bait and Switch

Maybe better than the fable 10nm lakes they never came
The Lake of Vapid Promises and Shareholders Hopes

There must be some really good Intel chip designers. are they frustrated , poached to Google,Apple

designers vs bean counters vs CEO strategy

Intel are big and ugly enough to have one unrestrained team

I know F all about IBM , but IBM does seem to have lots of basic research and patents
Maybe it's more fun to work for IBM - I don't know
Sure as little kittens good chip designers are probably all millionaires if they choose to be, Money is a a lousy movivator after a certain point

I know stuff all about Woz, but I'm sure all his best memories weren't the money - but the passion , being in the zone, achievements, struggles, solutions and overcoming limited resources

 

[ScottSoapbox]

Intel says a lot of things.

History has taught me to not believe them.

 

[pcnthuziast]

Intel has less than a decade left. Ultimately I don't see Intel surviving in it's current form. AMD is better at everything and the only edge Intel has is it's foundaries.

 

[Vanderlinde]

What purpose is releasing a 125W cpu while the PL2 state can eat up to 295W?

I mean cant they just to genuine or real power figures? Its like a car being advertised with maximum MPG; while internal testing was done with removed mirors, super hard inflated tires and tapes down ducts.

 

[Watzupken]

Intel has less than a decade left. Ultimately I don't see Intel surviving in it's current form. AMD is better at everything and the only edge Intel has is it's foundaries.

I have a different opinion. I feel their foundry business will be their undoing as you can tell its already weighing in on them this early in their foundry expansion plans. And if you look at the fact that Intel is now aggressively transitioning their CPUs to be manufactured by TSMC gives a poor optic of their foundry business when it likely cost more to produce primarily in US.

 

[DasLooney]

Anyone want to be the same flaw on 13th and 14th processors will be on these new chips? Totally surprised all these tech sites and YT channels don't caution people about these new chips might be as flawed as the current ones!

 

[Lew Zealand]

Anyone want to be the same flaw on 13th and 14th processors will be on these new chips? Totally surprised all these tech sites and YT channels don't caution people about these new chips might be as flawed as the current ones!

Considering Intel already released a microcode update (0x129) in an attempt to run their current CPUs properly, it's ridiculous to think an unreleased product wouldn't be getting the same treatment.

 

[HardReset]

Considering Intel already released a microcode update (0x129) in an attempt to run their current CPUs properly, it's ridiculous to think an unreleased product wouldn't be getting the same treatment.

And why not? Now it's 100% sure that Intel overestimated how much voltage Raptor Lake can handle. How about they overestimating Arrow Lake voltage too? At least they allow 105 degrees for Arrow Lake from 100 degrees from Raptor Lake. Based on that, we can expect Arrow Lake to have even more problems.

 

[Mr Majestyk]

Considering Intel already released a microcode update (0x129) in an attempt to run their current CPUs properly, it's ridiculous to think an unreleased product wouldn't be getting the same treatment.

Raptor Lake's problems stem from the ringbus design. Arrow Lake is not the same design and Intel insists it will not be affected by such voltge issues. Hoefully we can trust them. Raptor Lake was a rushed design according to Intel insiders developed in record short time, to overtake AMD. Clearly the rush was not worth it.