Intel reveals the specifications, release date, and starting prices of its new Core Ultra 200S processor lineup, formerly codenamed Arrow Lake.

Intel is releasing an inaugural batch of five Arrow Lake CPUs to start, with core counts ranging from 14-24 and speeds from 5.2-5.7 GHz. They all have onboard NPUs capable of 13 TOPS, and most have 4-core onboard GPUs.

Arrow Lake-S chips, meanwhile, range from a 14-core (6P + 8E) processor that runs at up to 159 watts to a 24-core (8P + 16E) chip with max turbo power of 250 watts. Every member of the Arrow Lake-S lineup has a base power consumption of 125 watts.

Intel announced its Arrow Lake desktop chips — the Core Ultra 200S series — with significant reductions in power consumption but also underwhelming performance.

Intel's new Core Ultra 200S family follows the power-sipping lead of its "Lunar Lake" mobile chips and brings the chipmaker's AI ambitions to its desktop processors.

Intel is giving up on a feature that has been at the center of its desktop CPUs for decades with the release of Arrow Lake.

Intel’s “Arrow Lake” processor plans include both desktop and laptop chips, creating two new performance tiers atop its existing “Lunar Lake” laptop processors plus the Core Ultra 200S desktop processors it’s launching today.

New silicon, new architecture, and loads of new motherboards rise to support it, but will power be anchored down? Back in September 2023, Intel unveiled its newly designed Meteor Lake SoC for the mobile market,