In a recent announcement, Intel unveiled its newest line of desktop processors, the Core Ultra 200S series. These chips are built on the company’s fresh Arrow Lake architecture, marking a step forward in processor technology.
While the performance gains are modest, the real star of the show is the significant leap in efficiency. Intel reports that the new generation achieves a remarkable 40% reduction in package power, which also translates to cooler operating temperatures. This should mean longer gaming sessions with sustained performance.
The tech giant asserts that the P-cores in this new series demonstrate a 9% boost in IPC (instructions per clock) compared to their 14th-generation counterparts. Even more impressive is the 32% IPC improvement seen in the E-cores. According to Intel, these enhancements culminate in a multi-threaded performance that outpaces the competition by up to 13%.
Moving away from its long-standing monolithic design, the tech giant has embraced a novel tile-based approach. This design separates key components onto individual tiles, including dedicated spaces for the CPU, GPU, SoC, and IO, complemented by base and filler tiles to complete the package.
The reimagined CPU, now referred to as the compute tile, showcases a fresh layout. In this new configuration, both P-cores and E-core clusters share a common L3 cache, while maintaining their own dedicated L2 caches.
