Intel Arrow Lake-S 24 & 20 Core Desktop CPUs Spotted: Core Ultra 200 ES Chips Without SMT, Up To 3 GHz

Intel's next-gen Arrow Lake-S Desktop "Core Ultra 200" CPUs have been spotted in 24 and 20 core flavors, and also reveal no SMT support.

Intel Driver Logs Confirm Two Arrow Lake-S "Core Ultra 200" Desktop CPU Configurations: A 24 Core & A 20 Core Variant

Intel's Arrow Lake-S CPUs will mark a major transition for the desktop platform. You will be getting a chip with a brand new architecture in all regards and a new platform based around the LGA 1851 socket. The Arrow Lake-S CPUs will be comprised of Lion Cove P-Cores and Skymont E-Cores. We've so far seen the CPUs in up to 24 core configurations in 8+16 layout and now we have two additional leaks.

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The CPUs leaked out today are referenced in the latest driver log as "Arrow Lake Client Platform" & are running on the MTLSFWI1.R00.3473.D80.2311222130 BIOS which is dated 11/22/2023. The two Intel Arrow Lake-S Desktop CPUs include a 24-core part which should be using the same 8 P-Core & 16 E-Core configurations and has a listed clock speed of 3.00 GHz while the second model features a 20-core spec which should utilize an 8 P-Core and 12 E-Core configuration and has a listed clock speed of 2.30 GHz.

These CPU configs look similar to the existing Core i9-14900K and Core i7-14700K but the major difference is that there's no SMT / HT support mentioned. It was recently highlighted that removal of SMT / HT from Intel's CPUs has to do with the more efficient utilization of E-Cores where those take up the role of HT for multi-threaded apps, providing faster performance in a more efficiency-optimized manner.

Intel Arrow Lake-S 24 Core "Core Ultra 200" Desktop CPU:

Intel Arrow Lake-S 20 Core "Core Ultra 200" Desktop CPU:

We'll see how the removal of HT from Intel's next-gen CPUs pans out but Intel still runs into trouble with optimization of its E-Cores in certain apps and games. Intel did work to make its