Intel Arrow Lake-S Unlocked SKUs To Feature Up To 250W “PL1” Performance Profiles on Core Ultra 9 285K & Core Ultra 7 265K, 159W For Ultra 5 245K

Intel's Arrow Lake-S Desktop CPUs should feature the same PL1 ratings as PL2 across Core Ultra 9 285K, Ultra 7 265K & Ultra 5 245K in "Performance" profiles.

PL1=PL2 For Intel Arrow Lake-S Desktop CPUs Running At "Performance" Profile, Core Ultra 9 285K & Core Ultra 7 265K Up To 250W

The first wave of Intel's Arrow Lake-S "Core Ultra 200" Desktop CPUs would include a trio of K-series Unlocked SKUs. These chips will include the Core Ultra 9 285K, Core Ultra 7 265K, and the Core Ultra 5 245K. Previously, we reported the leaked power limits and TDPs of the CPUs but it looks like Intel has devised a few changes for the "Performance" profiles of these chips.

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As we know, Intel's Desktop CPUs come in three power profiles, the Baseline mode which sets the wattages and power limits to Intel-guided default specs, and a "Performance" profile which tunes the PL1 to match the PL2 limit for higher performance which leads to higher power consumption. There is also an "Extreme" profile which features even higher wattage though that is confined to certain SKUs such as the "KS" series.

With its 14th and 13th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs, Intel implemented strict guidance to follow its "Baseline" profile to ensure stability which was applied by all motherboard vendors to their LGA 1700 socketed products. The company went on to make several other changes such as a new BIOS and Microcode patches which have mitigated the problems to a huge extent, so much so that we aren't seeing as many reports of instability as we were before after users have applied the new patches.

It looks like Intel is also going to implement "Performance" profiles for its Arrow Lake-S "Core Ultra 200" Desktop CPUs. As leaked by @Jaykihn, Intel will have a "Performance" profile featured across four SKUs which include two 8+16, one 8+12, and one 6+8 SKU. These are most definitely the Core Ultra 9 285K (8+16), Core