INTEL

Generation of Intel processors will have fewer cores

The next generation of Intel processors will have fewer cores than the current Raptor Lake.

According to leaked Intel documents, Meteor Lake-S CPUs, i.e. desktop models, will have up to six large and 16 small cores. Thus, the flagship new products will receive two major cores less than the current generation flagships, and indeed almost all Intel flagships in recent years.

Yes, all Metero Lake cores will be based on new architectures: Redwood Cove for large and Crestmont for small. However, reducing the number of cores, which are also large, at first glance might seem like a strange decision. Especially if you remember that Meteor Lake will be the first to switch to 7nm Intel 4 process technology, which, in theory, could allow, on the contrary, to increase the number of cores.

Meteor Lake will be followed by Arrow Lake, which will be an improved version of the previous one. And now they will again have eight large cores and remain 16 small.

It is also reported that the integrated GPU in both cases will have up to 512 compute units. At the same time, it is expected that in Arrow Lake the graphics cores will switch to a new architecture.

Meteor Lake and Arrow Lake will use the new socket, which is currently called V. The first processors are expected to come out at the end of next year. Among other things, they will be the first Intel processors in this segment to use a chiplet design, that is, they will be composed of several chips, which Intel calls tiles.

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