Intel Arrow Lake-P is expected to launch in late 2023 and can have up to 14 hybrid cores and 2560 Intel Xe graphics cores. The Alder Lake family will compete directly with AMD’s Zen 5 and Apple’s next-generation SoCs.
The 15th generation Intel Arrow Lake processors were officially unveiled in the first week of this month, with only some preliminary information available. However, AdoredTV has compiled some leaks about the new processors, which indicate that they should feature a hybrid architecture with high-performance (Lion Cove) and low-power (Skymont) cores, as well as integrated Intel Xe graphics.
Arrow Lake-P processors should have up to 6 Lion Cove cores with hyperthreading and 8 Skymount cores, giving us a total of 14 cores and 20 threads. However, the Arrow Lake S processors for desktop PCs can have a much higher overall performance with up to 40 cores and 48 threads.
Despite the impressive core count, one of the highlights of the 15th generation Intel Core processor is the configuration of the integrated graphics. The Arrow Lake-P line for mobile devices is said to have a total of 320 GT3 Execution Units, giving a total of 2560 Intel Xe graphics cores integrated into the processor.
Rumors suggest that this could make the performance of the integrated graphics card equivalent to that of an entry-level or mid-range graphics card (perhaps somewhere between a 1050 and a 1650 Super), which would be pretty impressive. However, it should be kept in mind that these are just rumors and everything can change over time.
It’s also worth noting that these are the specs of the top 15th generation models, so we can expect modest specs for entry-level and mid-range processors. Also, the integrated GPU takes up a lot of space (about 80 mm²), so it seems that Intel is willing to sacrifice some CPU power to get good graphics performance.
Finally, it should be noted that the Arrow Lake models may have an additional cache similar to the vertical cache technology announced by AMD later this year.