Intel Desktop Meteor Lake-S CPUs will feature up to 22 cores, Arrow Lake-S up to 24 cores, Quad Xe iGPU cores and 125W TDP

Intel Meteor Lake-S 14th Gen and Arrow Lake-S 15th Gen Detailed Configurations desktop CPU have been leaked, giving us information on the various SKUs, core counts, TDP, and integrated graphics settings.

Intel Meteor Lake-S CPUs will feature 6 performance cores, Arrow Lake-S with 8 P cores in socket LGA 1851

According to an internal Intel chart, details of its 14th and 15th generation desktop CPUs have been leaked. we know about previous reports that Intel is preparing a new socket known as “V” that will offer support for at least two generations of desktop CPUs, Meteor Lake-S and Arrow Lake-S. This socket will be very similar in dimensions to the existing LGA 1700/1800 socket, but will offer more pins and additional support for new/improved features.

Based on the leaked slides, it appears that Intel’s 14th Gen Meteor Lake-S desktop CPUs will step back and reduce the number of P-Core while retaining the number of E-Core. The lineup shown in the charts includes five different SKU configurations, with the main variants having up to 22 cores in a combination of 6 P cores and 16 E cores. The P cores in Meteor Lake CPUs are based on the new architecture Redwood Cove, while the E cores will use the Crestmont design. Both are new and improved architectures as reported by Coelacanth-Dream a few days ago. The full list of configurations includes:

• Meteor Lake-S 22 (6P + 16E) / 4 Xe cores / 125W TDP
• Meteor Lake-S 22 (6P + 16E) / 4 Xe cores / 65W TDP
• Meteor Lake-S 22 (6P + 16E) / 4 Xe cores / 35W TDP
• Meteor Lake-S 14 (6P + 8E) / 4 Xe cores / 65WTDP
• Meteor Lake-S 14 (6P + 8E) / 4 Xe cores / 35WTDP

In addition to the SKUs, we also learn that all the SKUs will feature at least 4 Xe Cores for the iGPU and that will offer 64 Execution Units or 512 ALUs. That’s 2 Xe Cores less than the Arc A310 graphics card with DG2 technology, which is the lowest level discrete card in the family, but an integrated GPU with that much capacity will be on par or even better than the iGPU RDNA 2 on AMD Ryzen 7000 desktop CPUs. Only the top die configuration will have a 125W “unlocked” SKU range, while the rest will come in standard “Non-K” and “T” series with 65W and 35W TDPs.

Moving on, we have the 15th Gen Arrow Lake-S desktop CPUs that will bring back the 24 cores that we have in the Raptor Lake CPUs today. The Arrow Lake-S top die will use up to 24 cores, which will be a combination of 8 performance cores and 16 efficiency cores. The following is the full list of SKUs to expect from the lineup:

• Arrow Lake-S 24 (8P + 16E) / 4 Xe cores / 125W TDP
• Arrow Lake-S 24 (8P + 16E) / 4 Xe cores / 65W TDP
• Arrow Lake-S 24 (8P + 16E) / 4 Xe cores / 35W TDP

Intel Desktop CPU Core Count Progression:

The difference with the Arrow Lake-S line is that all configurations feature the top 24 core die and the only difference is the TDP itself. SKUs with fewer cores are likely to be derived from these dies. Intel also appears to have retained the 4 Xe Cores from the Meteor Lake lineup, but expect them to feature a new Arc graphics architecture. The 14th Gen Meteor Lake chips are based on a 5nm TSMC GPU architecture, while the 15th Gen Arrow Lake CPUs will use a 3nm TSMC graphics architecture. as we report here.

We can’t say for sure if Intel will retain the number of ALUs and EUs as the existing Alchemist chips in its future integrated GPUs, but the Arrow Lake-P parts are it is expected to offer up to 2560 Xe Cores which is a 5x increase over the integrated GPUs in the desktop parts.

during his Recent investor callIntel said they are progressing very well on their Intel 4 and Intel 3 products. The 14th Gen Meteor Lake production step is scheduled to ship this quarter with a volume ramp in 2023, while Intel 3 is also expected to enter the early production phase in late 2023. Please note that these are early graphics and we are still years away from the release of Meteor Lake and Arrow Lake CPUs

Intel Mainstream CPU Generation Comparison: