Intel Launches "Lunar Lake" Core Ultra 200V Processor For Tipis And Light AI Laptops

Intel Core Ultra 200V's "Lunar Lake", specifically designed for a thin AI laptop (photo: x @ijrsware)

JAKARTA - Intel today launched their latest processor, the Intel Core Ultra 200V "Lunar Lake", specifically designed for thin, lightweight AI laptops. Intel's new chips are designed to compete with Apple Silicon and Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chips that Microsoft recently adopted for their AI PC, Copilot+.

According to Intel, the Lunar Lake chip is the most efficient x86 processor they've ever built, built "without compromise." Intel claims that the p-core on the Lunar Lake chip is "the fastest CPU of all processors on a thin and lightweight laptop," and its Xe2 graphic architecture is "the fastest built-in GPU in the industry."

Intel says they test nearly 50 games, and the Lunar Lake chip shows 16 percent faster performance than the AMD chip and 68 percent faster than the Qualcomm chip. The chip has four p-cores and four e-cores, similar to the Apple Silicon chip, and the memory is now no longer separated.

While Intel doesn't compare their new chips to Apple Silicon chips, Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite CPU performance is not much different from the M4 chip, so the Lunar Lake chip is likely to be faster. However, memory only reaches a maximum of 32GB, so Intel doesn't yet have a chip capable of competing with the Apple Silicon Pro and Max chips.

Intel also states that compared to Qualcomm chips, Lunar Lake offers a 20 percent increase in performance per watt, with chip power consumption up to 40 percent lower than its predecessor. Intel says consumers can expect a few hours of additional battery life, along with a significant increase in performance, graphics and AI.

Intel's latest chip device will be available from September 24.