Arrow Lake (microprocessor)

Arrow Lake
General information
Launched	October 10, 2024; 2 months ago
Marketed by	Intel
Designed by	Intel
Common manufacturer	Intel ; TSMC;
Cache
L1 cache	112 KB per P-core (64 KB instructions + 48 KB data); 96 KB per E-core and LP E-core (64 KB instructions + 32 KB data)
L2 cache	2 MB per P-core; 4 MB per E-core/LP E-core cluster
L3 cache	3 MB per P-core; 3 MB per E-core/LP E-core cluster
Architecture and classification
Technology node	TSMC N3B
Microarchitecture	Lion Cove (P-cores)
Instruction set	x86-64
Physical specifications
GPU	Intel Arc
Package	BGA Type3 and Type4 HDI;
Socket	LGA 1851;
Products, models, variants
Product code name	ARL;
Brand name	Intel Core Ultra;
Variant	Diamond Rapids ; Lunar Lake (low power ultralight);
History
Predecessors	Desktop and Laptop replacement: Raptor Lake Refresh ; Laptop: Meteor Lake
Successor	Panther Lake

Arrow Lake is Intel's code name for the Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) desktop processors, enthusiast mobile processors and mainstream mobile processors.^[1]^[2] Arrow Lake desktop processors will ship on 24 October 2024, with Arrow Lake mobile computers to follow in early 2025.^[3] Initially, Arrow Lake was targeted to use the 2nm Intel 20A process node for the compute tile and TSMC nodes for other tiles. However, in 2024, Intel decided to drop Intel 20A,^[4]^[5] so Arrow Lake is expected to use the TSMC N3B process exclusively.

Features

CPU

Up to 8 Lion Cove performance CPU cores (P-core)
Up to 16 Skymont efficient CPU cores (E-core)
- Up to 2 low power Skymont efficient CPU cores (LP E-core)

GPU

Intel Xe-LPG Plus (Gen12.74) GPU with up to 320 Xe Vector Engines (XVE)^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Intel Xe Matrix eXtension (XMX/Dot Product Accumulate Systolic) support
8K 10-bit AV1 hardware encoder (first for Intel desktop CPUs, Meteor Lake first to receive this feature for Intel mobile CPUs)

NPU

Intel AI Boost Neural Processing Unit (NPU) inference accelerator.^[10]^[11]

I/O

LGA 1851 socket for desktop processors
BGA Type3 and Type4 HDI for mobile processors
Up to 16x PCI Express 5.0 for dGPU, and 4x PCI Express 5.0 for NVMe from CPU, and another 4x PCI Express 4.0 for NVMe from CPU
DDR5 and LPDDR5X memory support
- Up to DDR5-6400 with Core Ultra 200S Series processors (1DPC)^[12]
  - Up to DDR5-6400 when using clocked unbuffered memory (CUDIMM) or clocked SODIMM (CSODIMM) memory^[12]^[13]^[a]
  - Up to DDR5-5600 when using unbuffered memory (UDIMM) or SO-DIMM (small outline DIMM) memory^[12]^[13]^[a]
- Up to DDR5-5600 with Core Ultra 200S Series processors (2DPC)^[12]
  - Up to DDR5-5600 single rank (1R) / dual rank (2R) UDIMM/CUDIMMs with one module inserted in any slot as single-channel configuration (1DIMM)^[12]^[b]
  - Up to DDR5-4800 single rank (1R) UDIMM/CUDIMMs with one pair of modules inserted into all (four) slots that operates in a dual-channel configuration configuration (2DIMM)^[12]^[c]
  - Up to DDR5-4400 dual rank (2R) UDIMM/CUDIMMs with one pair of modules inserted into all (four) slots that operates in a dual-channel configuration (2DIMM)^[12]^[d]
- Up to LPDDR5X-7467
DMI 4.0 x8 link with Intel 800 series PCH chipsets
Up to 1 TB/s interconnect between cores
Thunderbolt 4 and Wi-Fi 7 support (integrated for mobile variants)
DisplayPort 2.1 native support (first for Intel desktop CPUs, Meteor Lake first to receive this for Intel mobile CPUs)
HDMI 2.1 with 48 Gbit/s native support (first for Intel desktop CPUs, Meteor Lake first to receive this for Intel mobile CPUs)

List of Arrow Lake processors

Desktop processors

Arrow Lake-S

Branding	SKU	Cores (threads)		Clock rate (GHz)				Arc Graphics		NPU (TOPS)	Cache		TDP		Released	Price (USD)^[i]
		Cores (threads)		Base		Turbo		Arc Graphics			Cache		TDP
		P	E	P	E	P	E	X^e Cores (XVEs)	Clock (GHz)		L2	L3	Base	Turbo
Core Ultra 9	285K	8 (8)	16 (16)	3.7	3.2	5.7	4.6	4 (32)	2.0	13	40 MB	36 MB	125 W	250 W	Oct 24, 2024	$589
Core Ultra 7	265K		12 (12)	3.9	3.3	5.5	4.6	4 (32)	2.0		36 MB	33 MB	125 W	250 W		$394
Core Ultra 7	265KF		12 (12)	3.9	3.3	5.5	4.6	—			36 MB	33 MB	125 W	250 W		$379
Core Ultra 5	245K	6 (6)	8 (8)	4.2	3.6	5.2	4.6	4 (32)	1.9		26 MB	24 MB	125 W	159 W		$309
Core Ultra 5	245KF	6 (6)	8 (8)	4.2	3.6	5.2	4.6	—			26 MB	24 MB	125 W	159 W		$294

^ Price is Recommended Customer Price (RCP) at launch. RCP is the trade price that processors are sold by Intel to retailers and OEMs. Actual MSRP for consumers is higher.

Mobile processors

Arrow Lake-H

Arrow Lake-HX

Notes

^ ^a ^b For example, a 1 × 32 GB memory module (DIMM) inserted in a single-channel configuration, or 2 × 16 GB memory modules (DIMMs) inserted in a dual-channel configuration, one or two DIMM slots populated respectively (1DPC).
^ For example, 1 × 16 GB and 1 × 32 GB, or alternatively one pair of identical memory modules, inserted in a single-channel configuration, two DIMM slots populated (2DPC).
^ For example, 4 × 16 GB single-sided memory modules (1R) inserted in a dual-channel configuration, four DIMM slots populated (2DPC).
^ For example, 4 × 48 GB double-sided memory modules (2R) inserted in a dual-channel configuration, four DIMM slots populated (2DPC).

References

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^ "[PATCH v1 0/3] Extend ARL support". 8 January 2024.
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^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g "Intel® Core™ Ultra 200S Series Processors Datasheet, Volume 1 of 2". Intel® Core™ Ultra and Intel® Core™ Processors Technical Resources. Intel. 10 October 2024. p. 108. Retrieved 21 October 2024.
^ ^a ^b Morales, Jowi (15 October 2024). "Intel's Arrow Lake official memory speeds are unchanged with standard memory sticks — pricier CUDIMM memory needed for faster base spec". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 21 October 2024.