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The memory capacity is said to go up, too: We can now expect to see up to 96GB compared to the 64GB sometimes found in high-end laptops. Intel Meteor Lake will support both LPDDR5 and LPDDR5X memory, reaching speeds of up to 7467Mbps and DDR5-5600. After all, we’re expecting AMD to release Phoenix Point APUs with a combination of Zen 4 CPUs and an RDNA 3 GPU - that’s going to be tough to beat in terms of graphics performance. On the other hand, it can still handle some light gaming, but it could be fairly unimpressive by the time the chips launch in late 2023. This implies that the tGPU on the Intel Meteor Lake chip will show a similar level of performance to the A380, which, in turn, trails behind Nvidia’s and AMD’s current-gen GPUs. The new tiled GPU is said to come with up to 128 execution units (EUs), which translates to 1024 arithmetic logic units (ALUs).Īn interesting thing to note is that this is the same number of ALUs as in the budget Intel Arc A380 graphics card. The GPU is going to be based on the Intel Battlemage Xe-2 architecture, which is the follow-up to the Alchemist Xe-1 that is currently in use, and will be manufactured on TSMC’s 3nm process node.

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In addition to an upgrade in the core architecture, Meteor Lake is seemingly going to serve up a boost for the tiled GPU (tGPU).

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The P and H series processors are said to have up to 14 cores, which breaks down into six performance and eight efficiency cores, while the U series will max out at 12 (four plus eight) cores. Igor’s Lab also gives us a further glimpse into the core configuration for the mobile Intel Meteor Lake chips. It’s possible that each E-core module, which is made up of four cores, will come with a mix of two standard E-cores as well as two-LP E-cores. The performance cores will be based on the Redwood Cove architecture and the efficiency cores will use the Crestmont core architecture, replacing Raptor Cove and Gracemont from the (still upcoming) Intel Raptor Lake. Meteor Lake continues to utilize P-cores and E-cores, too. This seemingly confirms the assumption that the LP E-cores will be used by the VPU. Twitter leaker OneRaichu notes that there are only two LP E-cores and they are found on the system-on-a-chip (SOC) tile. The new LP E-cores are still a bit of a mystery, but most signs point to them being deployed within the visual processing unit (VPU) on the new chips. Raptor Lake will continue to follow that same path, but Meteor Lake will take it one step further by adding an extra core type, thus sporting a triple hybrid core design. Intel Alder Lake introduced the hybrid core design, with performance-oriented P-cores and efficiency-based E-cores.

Intel Meteor Lake, aside from the usual increase in the core count and clock speeds, is also going to feature a whole new architecture for Intel. Although recent reports show that Meteor Lake is on track to launch because the Intel 4 node within the processor is about to enter volume production, it could be that Intel will give Raptor Lake more time to shine before moving on to the next generation. This prediction was recently corroborated by Moore’s Law is Dead on YouTube, so it definitely holds some weight. Today, Igor’s Lab gives us a look at the block diagram and the specs of the mobile version of the chip, which will be released in three different variants: U, P, and H.Īccording to Igor’s Lab, the mobile lineup will be the first to launch, followed by the desktop chips in late 2023 or even in early 2024. With the next-gen Intel Raptor Lake inching closer to its launch date, the rumors are ramping up not just for that 13th generation of Intel processors, but also for its successor - Intel Meteor Lake.

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