A leakster by the name Jaykihn recently posted on X, formerly Twitter, that Intel’s Core Ultra 9 CPU, from its desktop Arrow Lake-S series, is able to hit a maximum boost clock of 5.7GHz. More impressive, though is that they claim all the P-Cores on the CPU will run at 5.4GHz at full load.
The Arrow Lake-S desktop series, Core Ultra 200K, will reportedly launch with two Core Ultra 9 models, both with 24-cores: the 285K and 275. Both processors will feature eight Lion Cove P-Cores and 16 Skymont E-Cores. However, on the 285K is expected to reach 5.7GHz, putting directly on the same plane as AMD’s top-tier Ryzen 9 9950X.
QS: 5.7GHz 1-2P, 5.4GHz allP, 4.6GHz allE
6400MTES2: 4.7GHz 1-2P, 4.5GHz allP, 3.9GHz allE
6400MTI’ll post the boost clocks for the entire B0 lineup with QS week.
— Jaykihn (@jaykihn0) August 16, 2024
It should be noted that the Arrow Lake-S CPU that Jaykihn is supposedly testing is a Qualification Sample (QS), and not an Engineering Sample (ES2). The difference between the two is that the latter has a lower maximum clock on its P-Cores, at 4.5GHz. Another thing that should be noted is that the next-gen processors will lack any form of hyperthreading.
Supposing that this is true, it would signal a shift into Intel’s mindset; rather than chase the title of having the fastest processor on the market – the Core i9-13900KS had a dual-core boost of 6.0GHz, while the 14900KS was able to boost to 6.2GHz – it aims at ensuring stability and quality for its CPUs.
A point that is well and truly instilled within the mind of the chipmaker, especially after its most recent 13th and 14th Gen snafu that is still fresh on the minds of everybody that owned them.
(Source: Jaykihn via X, Videocardz)
