Intel Arrow Lake Leaks: Next-Gen CPUs to Unleash Lion Cove & Skymont Power

Intel plans to release its next-generation Arrow Lake processors in 2024, with the P-Cores and E-Cores upgraded to the new Lion Cove and Skymont architectures, respectively. Arrow Lake will expand across multiple segments, with Arrow Lake-S designated for desktops, part of the Core Ultra 200 series, and employing the new LGA 1851 socket, replacing the existing LGA 1700 socket.

While previous leaks provided scattered frequency information for the initial Core Ultra 200K series, a recent update from a user offers more precise turbo frequencies for the P-Cores and E-Cores.

• Core Ultra 9 285K (F) – (8P+16E), P-Core single-core turbo at 5.7 GHz, P-Core all-core turbo at 5.4 GHz, E-Core maximum turbo at 4.6 GHz;
• Core Ultra 7 265K (F) – (8P+12E), P-Core single-core turbo at 5.5 GHz, P-Core all-core turbo at 5.2 GHz, E-Core maximum turbo at 4.6 GHz;
• Core Ultra 5 245K (F) – (6P+8E), P-Core single-core turbo at 5.2 GHz, P-Core all-core turbo at 5.0 GHz, E-Core maximum turbo at 4.6 GHz.

The Core Ultra 200K series shows P-Core single-core turbo frequencies ranging from 5.2 GHz to 5.7 GHz, P-Core all-core turbo frequencies from 5.0 GHz to 5.4 GHz, and E-Core maximum turbo at 4.6 GHz. Compared to the current 14th-generation Core desktop processors, the P-Core single-core turbo frequency is slightly reduced by 100 MHz to 300 MHz, whereas the E-Core maximum turbo frequency is increased by 200 MHz to 600 MHz.

Rumors suggest that in Arrow Lake-S, each Skymont architecture E-Core cluster (comprising 4 cores) will be equipped with 4MB (16-Way) of L2 cache and 3MB of L3 cache, while each Lion Cove architecture P-Core will have 3MB (12-Way) of L2 cache and 3MB of L3 cache. This means that the highest configuration, with 8P+16E, will feature a total of 40MB of L2 cache and 36MB of L3 cache, amounting to 76MB, which is approximately 12% more cache than the 68MB found in Raptor Lake-S.