On April 10th, during the Intel Vision 2024 Innovation Conference, CEO Pat Gelsinger once again unveiled the next-generation ultra-low-power processor, Lunar Lake, which will be branded as the Core Ultra 200V series, promising a significant leap in AI computing power.
Intel claims that the AI computing power of the Lunar Lake processor will surpass 100 trillion operations per second (TOPS), which is three times that of the existing Meteor Lake processor!
Specifically, the NPU unit alone will provide approximately 45 TOPS of computing power, quadrupling the current capacity and meeting the demands of Microsoft's definition for the next generation of AI PCs.
Moreover, the Lunar Lake CPU computing power will remain at around 5 TOPS, with minimal change, while the GPU computing power will reach up to approximately 50 TOPS, nearly a 1.8-fold increase.
In terms of competitors, the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite boasts a total compute power of 75 TOPS, making it the highest among existing products. Within that, its NPU provides 45 TOPS, putting it on par with Lunar Lake.
AMD's Ryzen 7040 series (Phoenix) delivers a total compute power of 33 TOPS, with its NPU capable of 10 TOPS. The Ryzen 8040 series (Hawk Point), serving as a modest upgrade, ramps up the total compute power to 39 TOPS, with the NPU's capabilities increasing to 16 TOPS.
The next-generation Strix Point is poised for a significant leap forward. Its NPU's compute power is set to triple, reaching 48 TOPS, surpassing Lunar Lake. Details regarding the CPU and GPU components are scarce, but achieving an overall performance exceeding 100 TOPS shouldn't pose significant challenges, especially with upgrades expected to the Zen5 CPU architecture and RDNA3+ GPU architecture.
The Lunar Lake has been in the spotlight multiple times. Current information indicates an upgrade to TSMC's 3nm process, featuring a brand-new CPU/GPU architecture. It boasts up to 4P+4E 8-core 8-thread (no hyper-threading support) CPUs, along with 8 Xe-LPG architecture integrated graphics cores. Additionally, it will integrate package memory, with power consumption ranging from 8W to 30W.
The model nomenclature will be the Core i9 Ultra 200V series, with one known variant being the Core i9 Ultra 5 234V.
