On Monday, Intel released a list of its mainstream Core Ultra 200S desktop processors. The 65W and 35W non-K Core Ultra 200S “Arrow Lake-S” processor family includes 11 models, which will join the six Core Ultra 200K processors already available since the quarter.
The Intel Core Ultra 200S processor range for mainstream and low-power desktops includes processors with 10 (6P+4E), 14 (6P + 8E), 20 (8P + 12E) and 24 (8P + 16E) cores, including depending on location. All processors support up to 192GB of DDR5-6400 memory and feature 24 PCIe lanes, including 16 PCIe 5.0 lanes for graphics cards, four PCIe 5.0 lanes for SSDs, and four more PCIe 4.0 lanes for other storage. Interestingly, Intel does not mention support for CUDIMM modules.
Nine of the 11 Core Ultra 200S mainstream and low-power desktop processors feature integrated graphics with four (512 stream processors), three (384 SP), or two (256 SP) Xe cores based on the Xe2 LPG microarchitecture. Traditionally, F-series processors do not come with an iGPU, so these processors require a discrete graphics card.
| Ultra9 285 core | Ultra9 285T core | Ultra7 265 core | Ultra7 265F core | Ultra7 265T core | Core Ultra5 245 | Ultra5 245T core | Core Ultra5 235 | Ultra5 235T core | Ultra5 225 core | Core Ultra5 225F | |
| Total number of cores | 24 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| Performance cores | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 6 |
| Efficient results | 16 | 16 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 4 |
| Total number of threads | 24 | 24 | 20 | 20 | 20 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 10 |
| Maximum Turbo Frequency | 5.6GHz | 5.4GHz | 5.3GHz | 5.3GHz | 5.3GHz | 5.1GHz | 5.1GHz | 5 GHz | 5 GHz | 4.9GHz | 4.9GHz |
| Turbo Boost Max 3.0 Frequency technology | 5.5GHz | 5.4GHz | 5.3GHz | 5.3GHz | 5.3GHz | Line 6 – cell 6 | Line 6 – cell 7 | Line 6 – cell 8 | Line 6 – cell 9 | Line 6 – cell 10 | |
| Core Performance Maximum Turbo Frequency | 5.4GHz | 5.3GHz | 5.2GHz | 5.2GHz | 5.2GHz | 5.1GHz | 5.1GHz | 5 GHz | 5 GHz | 4.9GHz | 4.9GHz |
| Efficient Core Maximum Turbo Frequency | 4.6GHz | 4.6GHz | 4.6GHz | 4.6GHz | 4.6GHz | 4.5GHz | 4.5GHz | 4.4GHz | 4.4GHz | 4.4GHz | 4.4GHz |
| Performance Core Base Frequency | 2.5GHz | 1.4GHz | 2.4GHz | 2.4GHz | 1.5 GHz | 3.5GHz | 2.2GHz | 3.4GHz | 2.2GHz | 3.3GHz | 3.3GHz |
| Effective base frequency of the core | 1.9GHz | 1.2 GHz | 1.8GHz | 1.8GHz | 1.2 GHz | 3GHz | 1.7 GHz | 2.9GHz | 1.6GHz | 2.7GHz | 2.7GHz |
| Peak TOPS | 36 | 35 | 33 | 25 | 33 | 29 | 29 | 27 | 27 | 23 | 19 |
| Hide | 36MB Intelligent Cache | 36MB Intelligent Cache | 30MB Intelligent Cache | 30MB Intelligent Cache | 30MB Intelligent Cache | 24MB Intelligent Cache | 24MB Intelligent Cache | 24MB Intelligent Cache | 24MB Intelligent Cache | 20MB Intelligent Cache | 20MB Intelligent Cache |
| Total L2 cache | 40 MB | 40 MB | 36 MB | 36 MB | 36 MB | 26 MB | 26 MB | 26 MB | 26 MB | 22 MB | 22 MB |
| Base power | 65 W | 35 W | 65 W | 65 W | 35 W | 65 W | 35 W | 65 W | 35 W | 65 W | 65 W |
| Maximum turbo power | 182 W | 112 W | 182 W | 182 W | 112 W | 121 W | 114 W | 121 W | 114 W | 121 W | 121 W |
| Deep learning (DL Boost) on the CPU | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Maximum memory | 192GB | 192GB | 192GB | 192GB | 192GB | 192GB | 192GB | 192GB | 192GB | 192GB | 192GB |
| Types of memory | Up to DDR5 6400 MT/s | Up to DDR5 6400 MT/s | Up to DDR5 6400 MT/s | Up to DDR5 6400 MT/s | Up to DDR5 6400 MT/s | Up to DDR5 6400 MT/s | Up to DDR5 6400 MT/s | Up to DDR5 6400 MT/s | Up to DDR5 6400 MT/s | Up to DDR5 6400 MT/s | Up to DDR5 6400 MT/s |
| GPU base frequency | 300MHz | 300MHz | 300MHz | – | 300MHz | 300MHz | 300MHz | 300MHz | 300MHz | 300MHz | – |
| The maximum lively frequency of the GPU | 2 GHz | 2 GHz | 1.95GHz | – | 1.95GHz | 1.9GHz | 1.9GHz | 2 GHz | 2 GHz | 1.8GHz | – |
| GPU Peaks (Int8) | 8 | 8 | 8 | – | 8 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 4 | – |
| Xe cores | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 2 | – |
| PCI Express Configurations ‡ | Up to 1×16+2×4 | 2×8+2×4 | 1×8+4×4 | Up to 1×16+2×4 | 2×8+2×4 | 1×8+4×4 | Up to 1×16+2×4 | 2×8+2×4 | 1×8+4×4 | Up to 1×16+2×4 | 2×8+2×4 | 1×8+4×4 | Up to 1×16+2×4 | 2×8+2×4 | 1×8+4×4 | Up to 1×16+2×4 | 2×8+2×4 | 1×8+4×4 | Up to 1×16+2×4 | 2×8+2×4 | 1×8+4×4 | Up to 1×16+2×4 | 2×8+2×4 | 1×8+4×4 | Up to 1×16+2×4 | 2×8+2×4 | 1×8+4×4 | Up to 1×16+2×4 | 2×8+2×4 | 1×8+4×4 | Up to 1×16+2×4 | 2×8+2×4 | 1×8+4×4 |
| Maximum number of PCI Express lanes | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
The AI performance of Intel Arrow Lake-S processors with locked multipliers varies by model and ranges from 19 to 36 TOPS. This is below Microsoft’s requirements for Copilot+ computers and therefore desktops based on the fresh processors will not support the latest features supported by Windows 11.
However, one of the advantages of Intel Core Ultra 200S platforms for mainstream and low-power desktops is their support for up to two Thunderbolt 4 ports, as well as DisplayPort 2.1 and HDMI 2.1 graphics outputs.
All Intel Arrow Lake-S processors are manufactured by TSMC using N3B (compute tile), N5P (graphics tile), and N6 (SoC board, I/O tile) process technologies, then assembled and packaged by Intel using Foveros technology 3D .
The 65W and 35W PBP Intel Core Ultra 200S desktop processors will go on sale on January 13, 2025. The Core Ultra 200S family will also include processors codenamed Bartlett Lake-S, but Intel has not yet revealed their specifications.
