Intel’s new Core 7 150U non-Extremely CPU provides Extremely confusion

Intel Core 7 150U: new CPU, new identify, a refresh

AMD and Intel are battling for probably the most complicated cell sequence names.

Confusion usually arises when corporations unveil new naming schemes for his or her merchandise. The thought of mixing a number of architectures inside a single product sequence was first floated by AMD final 12 months for Ryzen 7000 sequence, leading to a complicated product lineup. As time passes, individuals will begin to get used to those new labels, however will Intel’s newest product SKU naming scheme be any clearer to customers?

The corporate has introduced that their forthcoming product line, titled Meteor Lake, will characteristic a brand new Core branding with out the famend ‘i’. Additionally, the numbering system will likely be modified from 14000 to 100. There’s additionally the Extremely descriptor, which says that the processor is predicated on the most recent structure.

The brand new 100 sequence is not going to solely embody the Core Extremely lineup, as said by Intel China. The non-Extremely elements will likely be utilizing Raptor Lake dies, so it could technically be a refresh of the thirteenth Gen Core sequence. The slides talked in regards to the Raptor Lake-U sequence, which is able to be part of the first Gen Core sequence and Meteor Lake, however they don’t have the phrase Extremely of their names.

What this implies we now have three CPU lineup for Intel’s new laptops:

• Core 100 Extremely (eg. Core 9 185H) – Meteor Lake-H/U
• Core 100 non-Extremely (eg. Core 7 150U) – Raptor Lake-U Refresh
• 14th Gen Core-HX (eg. Core i9-14900HX) – Raptor Lake-HX Refresh

The half that was simply confirmed is the Core 7 150U with 10 cores and 12 threads, which implies 2 P-Cores and eight E-Cores. Such configuration is utilized by three elements: i5-1345U, 1335U and 1334U. The “Bepco” benchmark doesn’t affirm clocks, so it’s unclear which half was rebranded.

Intel Core 7 150U, Supply: Bepco

If the identify isn’t sufficiently evident that it’s certainly a Raptor Lake CPU, it’s value noting the DDR4 reminiscence clock of 3200 MT/s. Furthermore, in distinction to Meteor Lake CPUs that characteristic the brand new Arc (Xe-LPG) GPU sequence, Raptor Lake depends on Iris Xe graphics (Xe-LP).

Other than the Intel China publish, the corporate didn’t point out Raptor Lake-U Refresh but. Nonetheless, it’s doubtless that these CPUs will be part of Extremely elements on their December 14th launch.

Supply: Bapco through @momomo_us