Intel Core Ultra 200S Series Desktop Processors Launched with Dedicated NPU, Iris Xe GPU: Details

Intel Core Ultra 200S series processors for desktop PCs, codenamed Arrow Lake, were launched by the company on Thursday. It is the first desktop offering from the chip maker with a dedicated Neural Processing Unit (NPU). With a claimed 36 trillion operations per second (TOPS) performance, these will also be the first Intel chipsets to power an AI PC. Apart from the improved performance through the NPU, the company also said that the CPU and GPU have also received significant upgrades. Intel Core Ultra 200S processors will be available through retail and online stores as well as OEM partner systems starting October 24.

Intel Core Ultra 200S series processor launched

In a press release, the tech giant explained in detail about the latest processor. The Intel Core Ultra 200S processor family is led by the Intel Core Ultra 9 Processor 285K as well as five other desktop processors. They all feature up to eight performance cores (P-cores) and 16 efficient cores (E-cores). The company claimed that the new PC architecture delivers 6 percent faster single-threaded performance and 14 percent more performance in multi-threaded workloads than the previous generation. The processor also has a built-in Iris Xe GPU.

Intel highlighted that Arrow Lake processors are focused on power efficiency, and offer up to 58 percent less package power when running everyday apps and up to 165W less consumption of system power when gaming.

Speaking of NPUs, dedicated systems provide hardware-accelerated AI capabilities. Although the company did not reveal the architecture, it claimed that the processors offer up to 36 TOPS of performance. The chip maker also claimed that the Core Ultra 200S series can deliver up to 50 percent faster performance in AI-enabled manufacturing applications compared to competing processors.

As for connectivity, the Intel Core Ultra 200S series desktop processors offer compatibility with up to 24 PCIe 4.0 lanes, eight SATA 3.0 ports, and 10 USB 3.2 ports. Additionally, they also support two integrated Thunderbolt 4 ports, Wi-Fi 6E, and Bluetooth 5.3.