Intel's new laptop chips are to make Qualcomm and AMD sweat in the AI PC race
Intel Core Ultra 200V processor series, aka Lunar Lake, aims to provide the best performance in premium AI PCs with long battery life
Ahead of the 2024 edition of the Internationale FunkAusstellung (IFA), the world's largest consumer electronics show in Berlin, Intel unveiled nine Intel Core Ultra 200V chips (aka Lunar Lake), designed to enhance performance in premium thin laptops.
The Intel Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200V series chips are challenging the perception among some PC enthusiasts that "Intel is lagging behind in AI" after experiencing Qualcomm's Snapdragon X Elite and AMD's Ryzen Strix Point.
The 'V' in the Intel Core Ultra 200V identifies the new Lunar Lake chip series. OEMs like Acer, Asus, Lenovo and others showcased their AI PCs based on the new Lunar Lake chips.
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So, if you want to buy a premium Windows laptop which flaunts a thin design and that can be your daily workhorse with battery life of upwards of 20 hours with good gaming performance, make sure it's powered by an Intel processor that ends with a 'V' in the name. The new range will be available for purchase starting 24 September.
Intel Core Ultra 200V: What's with the performance?
Intel Core Ultra 200V CPU has four P-cores and four E-cores. Intel, with the P core, focuses on efficient performance, featuring AI-based management, an enhanced memory subsystem, PPA optimisations, and up to 12 MB of shared L3 cache and 5.1 GHz Max Turbo Frequency.
On the other hand, the E cores are Intel's most efficient performant architecture, with up to 4 MB shared L2 cache and 2x AI throughput from four 128-bit FP & SIMD vector. The E core offers up to 3.7 GHz Max Turbo Frequency.
Intel Core Ultra 200V series claims to deliver low-power performance for AI PCs with up to 120 total platform TOPS (tera operations per second) across central processing unit (CPU), graphic processing unit (GPU) and neural processing unit (NPU). The fourth-generation NPU is claimed to be up to 4x more powerful than the previous generation.
Intel Core Ultra 200V series processors claim up to 3x the performance per thread and up to 80% peak performance uplift, and up to 20 hours of battery life in productivity use cases
