Leaks reveal exciting details about Intel’s Arrow Lake CPUs

Recent leaks from Videocards and Jaykihn via X have revealed exciting details about Intel’s upcoming Arrow Lake-S desktop CPUs. These new processors, which should be available from October, promise significant performance improvements and bring interesting new features that will be of particular interest to technology enthusiasts and IT professionals. However, not much is happening in the NPU area.

Important features

• New NPU (Neural Processing Unit) with 13 TOPS performance
• Up to 24 cores in the high-end Core Ultra 9 285K model
• GPU performance increased to up to 37 TOPS for the entire platform
• Support for the new LGA 1851 socket

Powerful NPU for AI applications

One of the most significant innovations in the Arrow Lake-S series is the integration of an NPU (Neural Processing Unit) with a computing power of 13 TOPS (Tera-Operations per Second). This component aims to accelerate the processing of AI tasks and could offer significant advantages in applications such as image recognition and speech processing.

However, the NPU performance falls somewhat short of expectations compared to other high-end solutions such as Lunar Lake or AMD’s Strix Point, which offer significantly higher TOPS values. The minimum requirements for Microsoft Copilot of 40 TOPS are therefore not even close to being achieved.

Improved GPU performance and new architecture

Arrow Lake CPUs will be able to increase GPU performance to up to 37 TOPS, which should be particularly beneficial for graphics-intensive applications and games. The new processors are based on an improved architecture and use the new LGA 1851 socket, which promises better energy efficiency and higher performance.

A highlight of the series will be the Core Ultra 9 285K, which will offer up to 24 cores and thus provide considerable computing power for demanding tasks.

This could be particularly beneficial for professional applications and complex calculations. Hyper-Threading is no longer offered, so the 32 threads are missing compared to the Core i9-14900K.

Comparison with competitor products

Compared to AMD’s Ryzen 9000, which does not integrate an NPU, Intel is clearly focusing on AI performance with Arrow Lake-S. While AMD concentrates on pure CPU and GPU performance, Intel offers a specialized solution for AI tasks. This strategy could prove to be an advantage if corresponding applications use this technology.

Availability and price

The exact pricing of the new Arrow Lake-S processors is not yet known, but it is likely to be in similar ranges to the previous models. The release is planned for October, so interested parties will not have to wait much longer.