Intel Says New Lunar Lake Chips Have 'Fastest Built-In GPU in the Industry'

[MacRumors]

Intel today unveiled its new "Lunar Lake" Intel Core Ultra 200V processors, designed for thin and light AI PCs. Intel's new chips are meant to compete with Apple silicon chips and the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chips that Microsoft recently adopted for its AI-focused Copilot+ PCs.

According to Intel, the Lunar Lake chips are its most efficient x86 processors ever, built "without compromise." Intel claims that the p-core in the Lunar Lake chip is the "fastest CPU core of any processor in a thin and light laptop," and that its Xe2 graphics architecture is the "fastest built-in GPU in the industry."

Intel says that it tested almost 50 games and the Lunar Lake chips were 16 percent faster than AMD chips and 68 percent faster than Qualcomm chips. The chip has four p-cores (power) and four e-cores (efficiency), similar to the Apple silicon chips, and memory is no longer separate.

Intel didn't compare its new chips to Apple silicon chips, but the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite's CPU performance is not too far off from the M4 chip, so the Lunar Lake chips could be faster. Memory maxes out at 32GB though, so Intel doesn't have chips able to compete with the Pro and Max Apple silicon chips.

Intel says that compared to Qualcomm's chips, Lunar Lake offers a 20 percent improvement in performance per watt, with the chip drawing up to 40 percent less power than its predecessor. Intel says that consumers can expect several more hours of battery life, along with significant gains in performance, graphics, and AI.

Devices with Intel's latest chips are set to be available starting on September 24.

Article Link: Intel Says New Lunar Lake Chips Have 'Fastest Built-In GPU in the Industry'

 

[breenmask]

ok but what about the oxidation controversy

 

[JapanApple]

Oh, My my my, This is exciting to see! I'm looking forward to seeing this in person.

 

[Harry Haller]

Four months ago Intel received $20 billion in funny money from the government. Last week they announced they are laying off 16,000 workers.
Is this the new math?

 

[ProbablyDylan]

ok but what about the oxidation controversy

Intel fabbed those chips themselves; Lunar Lake is being fabbed by TSMC. Shouldn't be an issue.

This is the peril that comes with dual sourcing. Not all factories are created equal.

 

[munpip214]

Four months ago Intel received $20 billion in funny money from the government. Last week they announced they are laying off 16,000 workers.
Is this the new math?

They still haven’t received the funding. It was allocated to them, that’s all

 

[Harry Haller]

They still haven’t received the funding. It was allocated to them, that’s all

That must be a relief to the 16,000 laid off.

 

[klasma]

ok but what about the oxidation controversy

Intel’s mobile CPUs were never affected (only higher-spec desktop CPUs were), and Intel confirmed that the upcoming desktop CPUs also won’t be affected.

 

[nathansz]

ok but what about the oxidation controversy

oxidation was 13th gen

 

[klasma]

That must be a relief to the 16,000 laid off.

They also added 21,000 employees from 2020 to 2022. They’ll be at about 2020 level again now.

 

[Dozer_Zaibatsu]

Four months ago Intel received $20 billion in funny money from the government. Last week they announced they are laying off 16,000 workers.
Is this the new math?

Without knowing the specifics, I am not surprised that the government might underwrite Intel, as they're as arguably vital to national security as any defense contractor. For pretty much the same reasons.

Yeah, they've punched themselves in the nuggets the last few years. The people laid off are a result of that. Now it's dig and recover.

If you think that's rewarding failure, I wouldn't say you're exactly wrong. I don't quite agree, but it's still not pretty. And it's along the lines of how it is with any big defense contractors.

Other than the politics, I hope the chip is all its cracked up to be. Because I'd be kinda interested in a machine that could run Linux with those specs.

 

[Burnincoco]

They didn't specify how many parsecs of AI, hard pass

 

[frownface]

i'm fine with companies being bailed out, but the govt should get an equity stake in the company when that occurs. No different from rattling the can at shareholders for capital raising.

 

[TheColtr]

This is great, bring on the competition. Every company (including Apple) is at its best when it’s fighting to be the best.

 

[Supercyborgninja]

Such a joke of a company on the tech front and what’s more—evil company outside of it.

 

[Analog Kid]

According to Intel, the Lunar Lake chips are its most efficient x86 processors ever, built "without compromise."

Are you sure they didn't say "The Lunar Lake chips have no compromise other than being x86 processors"?

 

[StoneJack]

Intel is undergoing a painful transformation like IBM 30 years ago. Will it survive it, no one knows

 

[NT1440]

Wait wait, I know this was an intel thread…but “Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite's CPU performance is not too far off from the M4 chip”. What are we doing here MacRumors? In what regard?

 

[JCCL]

and what’s more—evil company outside of it.

Which one isn't?

 

[platinumaqua]

I would still choose an AMD Zen 5 CPU instead of Intel's chip on the x86 side

 

[0423MAC]

Given how far Intel has fallen behind AMD and the rest of the industry what are we thinking to cool this thing? Water cooling required?

 

[GuruZac]

I am less interested in the chips as I wouldn't use an Intel chip after Apple Silicon, and more interested they are doing in-person events. I miss the Apple in-person events.

 

[ELman]

i'm fine with companies being bailed out, but the govt should get an equity stake in the company when that occurs. No different from rattling the can at shareholders for capital raising.

It’s not a bailout. The money is an investment in national security.

 

[nathansz]

Wouldn’t take much to beat apple’s built in gpu

 

[ThunderSkunk]

On the one hand, this is great because of reasons important to industrial competition, but on the other I'm still done with Intel because of reasons important to humanity. So again, too little too late, Intel.