The core specs and costs of the brand new Intel Arrow Lake have simply been inadvertently leaked by two retailers, not solely exhibiting us the cores and clock speeds of all the brand new Okay-series chips but additionally the costs. If the CPUs carry out according to expectations, then these new chips look good too, with very comparable costs to the present 14th-gen lineup.
Intel is anticipated to launch its new greatest gaming CPU, the Core Extremely 9 285K, by the top of 2024, together with a supporting lineup of cheaper chips. The launch will come after the discharge of the AMD Zen 5 lineup, however it appears to be like as if Intel is adopting a distinct pricing technique from AMD. Whereas AMD’s Ryzen 9000 chips are going for a lot greater costs than their Ryzen 7000 counterparts, it appears to be like as if Intel’s new chips received’t command such a excessive premium over their predecessors.
That’s partly right down to the truth that Intel’s present CPUs haven’t dropped a lot in worth in contrast with AMD’s Zen 4 chips, however it’s nonetheless good to see we’re not getting an enormous worth hike with Arrow Lake. After all, as all the time with leaks, keep in mind that none of this has been formally confirmed by Intel, and that costs could nicely change when the CPUs are lastly launched.
All the brand new CPUs which have appeared within the listings are Okay-series chips, that are focused at players and fanatics, with the ‘Okay’ denoting an unlocked multiplier so you’ll be able to run the CPUs past their rated clock speeds, in the event that they’re as much as it (and so is your CPU cooler). As first noticed by tech leaker momomo_us on X (previously Twitter), two retailers have listed them – LambdaTek within the UK, and PC-Canada in (you’ve guessed it) Canada. Each websites listing the costs, however LambdaTek additionally lists the overall variety of cores and what appears to be like like the highest increase clock.
Let’s kick off with the Core Extremely 9 285K, which LambdaTek lists for a worth of £566.20 inc VAT, and says has a complete of 24 cores and a 5.7GHz clock velocity. These correspond with earlier Arrow Lake clock velocity leaks, which confirmed a 5.7GHz frequency for the 285K, whereas different leaks have mentioned the 285K has 24 cores, cut up throughout eight P-Cores and 16 E-Cores.
That is the most costly CPU of the brand new lineup, with the £566.20 worth being round £30 greater than the worth of the Core i9 14900K on the identical retailer within the UK. In case you take away VAT and convert the worth to {dollars}, the worth involves $617.84, and it’s doubtless that Intel would spherical this down (as UK CPU costs are typically somewhat dearer than these within the US), which means the Core Extremely 9 285K worth is $599, based mostly on this leak and our hypothesis. In the meantime, the identical chip is listed at $847.99 CA on PC-Canada, which is simply somewhat greater than the $821.99 worth of the Core i9 14900K on the identical retailer.
Subsequent up is the Core Extremely 7 265K, which LambdaTek lists as having 20 cores (eight P-Cores and 12 E-Cores is the anticipated cut up) and a prime 5.5GHz clock velocity, together with a worth of £392.82 inc VAT, costing simply over £4 greater than the Core i7 14700K on the identical retailer.
Based mostly on that worth, and utilizing the identical calculation as above, the worth involves $428.69, and once more we’d assume that Intel will spherical this down, which means the Core Extremely 7 265K worth is $419, based mostly on this leak and hypothesis. The identical chip prices $584.99 CA at PC Canada, which is even cheaper than the retailer’s present worth of $593.99 for the Core i7 14700K.
Shifting down a notch, we then come to the Core Extremely 5 245K, which has 14 cores (anticipated to be six P-Cores and eight E-Cores), together with a 5.2GHz clock velocity in response to LambdaTek. The chip is priced at £285.73 inc VAT, which is even cheaper than the retailer’s £293.22 worth for the Core i5 14600K.
Once more, after eradicating VAT and changing the forex, this involves $311.64, which we might anticipate Intel to spherical down. This may imply the Core Extremely 5 245K worth is $299, based mostly on this leak and our personal worth hypothesis. The identical chip is priced at $447.99 CA on Value Canada, which is simply barely greater than the $444.99 worth of the 14600K on the identical retailer.
Intel wants Arrow Lake to ship on its guarantees, although. The corporate has been financially struggling recently, with rumors that Intel might cease making its personal CPUs, and its Raptor Lake CPUs have additionally been beset by stability points which have solely simply been resolved.
There’s additionally an excellent likelihood that Intel must compete with AMD’s Ryzen 9000X3D CPUs once they lastly come out. It hasn’t gone simply for AMD’s Ryzen 9000 launch both, although, with a brand new AMD Home windows replace required to get the very best efficiency out of them, whereas benchmarks confirmed that the Ryzen 5 7600X3D beats Zen 5 CPUs in video games.
We’ll now simply have to attend till we’ve benchmarked Intel’s new CPUs for ourselves to see how they carry out. For extra details about Intel’s new CPU lineup, try our Intel Arrow Lake information, the place we share every part we at present know in regards to the new chips.