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Intel's 15th-gen CPUs are all about power efficiency and thermals
- Intel announced its newest line of Arrow Lake CPUs, which will be available on October 24. It introduces five new models that the company claims can lower internal package temperatures by about 10 degrees Celsius and reduce power consumption by up to 40% compared to the previous generation. The CPUs' features include a new neural processing unit and a 24-core CPU design consisting of eight 'Lion Cove' performance cores and 16 'Skymont' efficiency cores. In gaming performance, the 285K records to run Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 about 4% faster, while drawing 165W less of system power.
- Intel has managed to maintain the lead for the gaming performance over its rival AMD, but at the cost of power efficiency and thermals. These efficiencies have limited their appeal, particularly as small-factor PC builds have become more popular. The new CPUs support an equally impressive thermal gains as users can limit their power draw from Intel's default of 250W to 175W or 125W. This efficient desktop portfolio is a new paradigm change for Intel, which the company is confident will match the numbers it announced today.
- The new Arrow Lake line of CPUs is the most efficient family of desktop processors the company has put out in a long time. However, whether that alone will be enough to turn Intel’s fortunes around is less clear. In the short term, the company faces a rival AMD that is more competitive than ever. In the long term, it’s difficult to say how much of Arrow Lake’s performance should be attributed to Intel’s engineers because of the outsourcing of Arrow Lake's manufacturing to a third party.
- The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, the current flagship of this line, is priced at $589 and is expected to appeal to those who like to undervolt their CPU or plan to go with an ITX case and motherboard for their next build. For those in search of more affordable entry into the Arrow Lake ecosystem, the company has also added the 14-core Ultra 5 245KF for $294 and the 20-core Ultra 7 265K for $394. The 265K runs about 15 degrees cooler than the 14900K and draws up to 188W lesser system power.
- Intel also shared more information about its upcoming Arrow Lake H laptop chips, which the company said would arrive at the start of next year.
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