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① intel claims that the new generation of core ultra laptop chips outperforms qualcomm's flagship x elite chip in cpu, gpu, ai and other aspects; ② the first batch of laptops equipped with ultra 200v chips will be launched on september 24.

cailian press reported on september 4 (shi zhengcheng of cailian press) intel, which has been plagued by the controversy of "capacity reduction" in recent days, unfortunately chose the day when the us chip sector plunged and launched its latest generation of core ultra laptop chips.

(source: intel press conference)

to sum it up in the simplest terms, intel has launched a batch of thin and light notebook chips aimed at competing with qualcomm and amd for the ai ​​pc market.in addition to a series of parameters and running points, the biggest highlight of the core advantage is the support for the traditional x86 architecture (note: qualcomm snapdragon x series is an arm architecture chip).

surpass qualcomm's competitors in all aspects?

intel released the ultra 200v series chips in the early hours of wednesday morning, with a total of 9 models. however, unlike the i5 and i7 products we are familiar with in the past few years, this batch of chips are all 8-core (4 performance cores + 4 efficiency cores). the main parameter differences of the product lines are slightly different in the maximum cpu turbo frequency, the number of gpu cores and the number of npu engines.

another notable feature of this generation of chips is that the memory is packaged directly into the chip, so consumers only have two options: 16gb and 32gb. intel also canceled the hyper-threading technology in this generation of products, so these chips are "8 cores and 8 threads".

(parameters of 9 ultra 200v series chips, source: intel)

in the three-digit product names, the first "2" uniformly refers to the second-generation core ultra chip, the second digit refers to the frequency grade of the processor, and the third digit is only "6" and "8", corresponding to two levels of memory.

intel said that the first batch of laptops equipped with ultra 200v chips will be launched on september 24. throughout the press conference, intel also repeatedly emphasized that its chips perform better than competitors, especially qualcomm.

as the flagship product in this batch of chips, ultra 9 288v can tie with apple m3 in the multi-threaded performance/power consumption curve, and with the same performance, it consumes 40% less power than qualcomm x elite's flagship chip x1e-80-100.

of course, it is not difficult to see from the picture drawn by intel that under high power consumption conditions, the performance data of the 8-thread ultra 9 288v will still lose to the previous generation intel chips with 14 or 22 threads, and the 12-core 24-thread amd hx 370. so the more accurate positioning of this chip should be "the king of low power consumption".

(ultra 9 288v performance curve, source: intel)

in terms of graphics capabilities, intel emphasized that its own chips have a 68% higher frame rate than qualcomm's flagship ai pc chip under 1080p medium settings, especially dozens of games cannot run on qualcomm chips at all. of course, whether using a 10,000 yuan thin and light notebook to play games is a "false demand" depends on the attitude of consumers.

intel said that under the premise of using xess super-resolution technology, the frame rate of "cyberpunk: 2077" can reach 45fps.

(source: intel)

in terms of ai performance comparison, intel also claims to be superior to qualcomm's competitors in all aspects.

(source: intel)

wait for some reviews before buying

given that the first dell and asus laptops equipped with the new chip will soon enter the public evaluation stage, "wait for the evaluation" is also the most common advice for consumers who intend to replace their "ai pc" this fall.

technology media the verge also mentioned that when testing new computers from qualcomm and amd earlier this year, it found that the actual products of these manufacturers were not as perfect as advertised - for example, amd's chips did not live up to its slogan of "surpassing apple", and qualcomm chips performed well in terms of battery life, but soon showed that they were not suitable for gaming. the biggest question about intel's new chips is whether these computers can maintain high performance when the power is off?

intel also revealed that microsoft's copilot plus ai features such as real-time subtitles will not be available at the time of its initial launch, but these features will be released as free updates starting in november.

at the same time, for consumers who are not satisfied with 8-core chips, there have been rumors that intel will release the next-generation arrow lake chip in october, which will be suitable for users who need larger memory, more cores and threads.