Intel's 2024 CPU release announcement (Arrow Lake)

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Intel has announced their next generation of CPUs called (Arrow Lake)

Release Date 10/24/24

I will be providing some observations and useful links around this announcement in this thread.

  • These CPU’s are undergoing a SKU realignment moving from the i9-,i7-,i5- branding to a Ultra branding. Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K would be this generations equivalent to the 14900k from last year.

  • This generation adds NPUs to their desktop CPUs which are Neural Processor Units. The Intel NPU is an AI accelerator used for AI computation.

  • This generation will be using an new Z890 chipset with a new secondary retention mechanism I think this will be optionally available on motherboards.

  • Reduced power consumption

  • New core layout that should/may help with thermal dissipation

  • DDR5-6400 support

These observation are based on intel’s press release and I would recommend verifying these claims through 3rd party reviews of the CPUs once those become available. ( I will add those to this thread when the time comes)

Links to Intel’s releases:
Laptop CPUs documentation : https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/processors/core-ultra/core-ultra-series-2-mobile-product-brief.html
Desktop CPUs documentation : https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/docs/processors/core-ultra/core-ultra-desktop-processors-series-2-brief.html
Intel’s Youtube deep dive:
Intel Core Ultra 200S Series Processors Performance and Platform Deep Dive | Intel Technology (youtube.com)

3rd Party Preview :
Intel Core Ultra 285K, 265K, & 245K CPU Specs: Bending Fix, Power Reduction, & Prices (youtube.com)
This is a Youtube channel that I trust for non-biased PC hardware previews and reviews

3rd Party Reviews:
Get It Together, Intel: Core Ultra 9 285K CPU Review & Benchmarks vs. 7800X3D, 9950X, More

(2) Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Review, It’s A Mess… Probably A Flop - YouTube

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Review | TechPowerUp
I haven’t had a chance to go through reviews yet but will try to get through some later today.

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Hopefully its an actual iterative improvement over the 14th “gen” (if you can call it that) chips that are more like space heaters than CPUs. 2-3% gains over the prior gen with 10-20% increase in power consumption felt like a huge waste of time between the 13/14 gen. Pretty flabbergasted to see the power draw difference from the 12 to 13th gen and again at the 14th gen.

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Thoughts @Shane_Odenbach ?

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From the documentation provided by Intel the there seems to be a lateral move in performance but they are claiming a much lower power consumption and thermal dissipation due to a wider casting. They also ditched hyperthreading which should help on the power/heat side of things. Hard to say if it’s true until 3rd party testing is done and released. I will update the post with some links and thoughts once reviews are in the wild.

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Nexus gamers on youtube has a pretty indepth review of the 12/13/14 gen and their power consumption spike between the three gens if you havent seen it.