Discussion Intel Meteor, Arrow, Lunar & Panther Lakes + WCL Discussion Threads

[Tigerick]

Wildcat Lake (WCL) Preliminary Specs

Intel Wildcat Lake (WCL) is upcoming mobile SoC replacing ADL-N. WCL consists of 2 tiles: compute tile and PCD tile. It is true single die consists of CPU, GPU and NPU that is fabbed by 18-A process. Last time I checked, PCD tile is fabbed by TSMC N6 process. They are connected through UCIe, not D2D; a first from Intel. Expecting launching in Q2/Computex 2026. In case people don't remember AlderLake-N, I have created a table below to compare the detail specs of ADL-N and WCL. Just for fun, I am throwing LNL and upcoming Mediatek D9500 SoC.

		Intel Alder Lake - N	Intel Wildcat Lake	Intel Lunar Lake		Mediatek D9500
Launch Date		Q1-2023	Q2-2026 ?	Q3-2024		Q3-2025
Model		Intel N300	?	Core Ultra 7 268V		Dimensity 9500 5G
Dies		2	2	2		1
Node		Intel 7 + ?	Intel 18-A + TSMC N6	TSMC N3B + N6		TSMC N3P
CPU		8 E-cores	2 P-core + 4 LP E-cores	4 P-core + 4 LP E-cores		C1 1+3+4
Threads		8	6	8		8
Max Clock		3.8 GHz	?	5 GHz
L3 Cache		6 MB	?	12 MB
TDP		7 W	Fanless ?	17 W		Fanless
Memory		64-bit LPDDR5-4800	64-bit LPDDR5-6800 ?	128-bit LPDDR5X-8533		64-bit LPDDR5X-10667
Size		16 GB	?	32 GB		24 GB ?
Bandwidth			~ 55 GB/s	136 GB/s		85.6 GB/s
GPU		UHD Graphics		Arc 140V		G1 Ultra
EU / Xe		32 EU	2 Xe	8 Xe		12
Max Clock		1.25 GHz		2 GHz
NPU		NA	18 TOPS	48 TOPS		100 TOPS ?

As Hot Chips 34 starting this week, Intel will unveil technical information of upcoming Meteor Lake (MTL) and Arrow Lake (ARL), new generation platform after Raptor Lake. Both MTL and ARL represent new direction which Intel will move to multiple chiplets and combine as one SoC platform.

MTL also represents new compute tile that based on Intel 4 process which is based on EUV lithography, a first from Intel. Intel expects to ship MTL mobile SoC in 2023.

ARL will come after MTL so Intel should be shipping it in 2024, that is what Intel roadmap is telling us. ARL compute tile will be manufactured by Intel 20A process, a first from Intel to use GAA transistors called RibbonFET.

 

[Abwx]

Granite rappids review out destroying amd genoa we are so back

Intel Xeon 6980P "Granite Rapids" Linux Benchmarks Review - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

33% more cores and 39% higher power for a mere 11.8% better perf than a 2 years old CPU, quite a "win", if you set those 96C Epyc at the same 500W they would be on par, so if a 96C Zen 4 match Intel s 128C at same power i let you imagine what will happen soon with the Zen 5 based Epyc.

 

[511]

33% more cores and 25% higher power for a mere 11.8% better perf than a 2 years old CPU, quite a "win", if you set those 96C Epyc at the same 500W they would be on par, so if a 96C Zen 4 match Intel s 128C at same power i let you imagine what will happen soon with the Zen 5 based Epyc.

He didn't have power draw numbers lol from RAPL which he usually does but anyway it will still be better than 64C vs 96C from 2 years ago won't be a bloodbath it will be closer i still expect them to loose by 15-20% outside of their libraries

 

[9949asd]

No, it boosts to 4.8 GHz. Maybe his laptop has a cooling issue or he’s mistaken on the clock speed.

It’s up to 4.8g, temperature over 75c -0.2g.

 

[GTracing]

Quick comparison of the gaming performance of Lunar Lake vs Meteor lake vs Strix Point. The second two are older reviews, so they likely score higher now. Power consumption is different between models as well. In Cyberpunk FHD ultra they consume 33.1W average, 40.7W average, and 49.2W average respectively. For ram they have 32GB LPDDR5x-8533, 32 GB LPDDR5x-7467, and 32 GB LPDDR5x-7500 respectively.


Overall good showing from Lunar Lake. Lunar lake pulls ahead of Meteor lake at higher graphics settings, but at lower settings it seems to have regressed in perf/watt in a couple games. I'm guessing the drivers need work.

 

[Abwx]

He didn't have power draw numbers lol from RAPL which he usually does but anyway it will still be better than 64C vs 96C from 2 years ago won't be a bloodbath it will be closer i still expect them to loose by 15-20% outside of their libraries

There s a page about this subject here :

Welcome Back Intel Xeon 6900P Reasserts Intel Server Leadership

The Intel Xeon 6900P offers twice the cores, huge memory bandwidth and more connectivity. Welcome back Intel to the top end server CPU market

www.servethehome.com

Anyway based on these number we can infer that Zen 5 128C Epyc wil be largely ahead due to core count parity and also a slightly better process, add the augmented IPC and you get the picture

 

[511]

There s a page about this subject here :

Welcome Back Intel Xeon 6900P Reasserts Intel Server Leadership

The Intel Xeon 6900P offers twice the cores, huge memory bandwidth and more connectivity. Welcome back Intel to the top end server CPU market

www.servethehome.com

Anyway based on these number we can infer that Zen 5 128C Epyc wil be largely ahead due to core count parity and also a slightly better process, add the augmented IPC and you get the picture

There is no process advantage tbf this time Intel 3 is more or less on par with what Turin has there will not be largely this time the per core performance will be higher we will see in 16 days anyway

 

[511]

Clearwater Forest

 

[naukkis]

月光下的新探索：Lunar Lake CPU (Lion Cove / Skymont) 微架构测试 | David Huang's Blog

That Skymont has better scores than Lion Cove in some microbenchmarks is rather impressive

Very interesting results. Skymont low-power performance is unseen before on x86. Even @3.8GHz there ain't power budget for 4 P-cores. P-cores are doomed, intel should have put only 2 p-cores and add 2 or 4 e-cores to the ring for better MT perf.

 

[ikjadoon]

CB23 1T tests, after SemiAccurate's claims (confirmed by ASUS to KitGuru)

Seems to be smaller than ASUS predicted. Perhaps some mitigation? The update itself also failed to update a few times, but finally went through:

CB23 1T score on the 258V
1859 (before the "bad" Windows update)
1819 (after the "bad" Windows Update)

 

[Khato]

Overall good showing from Lunar Lake. Lunar lake pulls ahead of Meteor lake at higher graphics settings, but at lower settings it seems to have regressed in perf/watt in a couple games. I'm guessing the drivers need work.

Performance at lower settings is primarily a function of the lower power consumption limiting the CPU performance side. Could potentially be improved by modifying the power allocation between CPU and GPU, but maybe not meaningfully.

 

[ikjadoon]

ASUS Zenbook S 14 OLEDs power modes confirm, again, power profiles allow OEMs to exceed Intel's PL1.

Asus Zenbook S 14 OLED review (UX5406SA 2024 model, Intel Lunar Lake)

This is our review of the Asus Zenbook S 14 OLED UX5406S series, the mid-2024 addition to the Zenbook lineup of thin-and-light ultrabooks.

www.ultrabookreview.com

Whisper - 12W PL1
Balanced - 17W PL1
Performance - 24W PL1
Full Speed - 28W PL1

//

CPU Package power:

~3W to ~10W while browsing & text editing
~3W while Netflix

//

However, their 258V GB6.2 1T score is quite low: performance mode 1T is 2422.

 

[GTracing]

Performance at lower settings is primarily a function of the lower power consumption limiting the CPU performance side. Could potentially be improved by modifying the power allocation between CPU and GPU, but maybe not meaningfully.

I don't think that's the problem here. GTA 5 and X-Plane 11 are the only two games out of the 11 where this is happening, and X-Plane 11 is the only game where Lunar Lake loses to Meteor Lake at high or ultra settings.

 

[CouncilorIrissa]

So it looks like Lion Cove in LNL is the exact match for Zen 5 in STX.


Huang's article also contains the same benchmark @ 3GHz, but the image is too large to be attached.

 

[FlameTail]

I was right. 15 watts @ 5.1 GHz

That is truly remarkable. This is as good as Snapdragon X Elite, if not better?

 

[gdansk]

So it looks like Lion Cove in LNL is the exact match for Zen 5 in STX.

Which should be enough. But I'm a bit worried - how many laptop makers will actually ship these with sensible power limits?

 

[SiliconFly]

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[fastandfurious6]

Intel’s entire turnaround plan hinges on this one new chip family – Clearwater Forest pictured, Intel’s first 18A chip slated for high-volume manufacturing

Clearwater Forest is key to Intel’s future.

www.tomshardware.com

title basically

 

[fastandfurious6]

33% more cores and 25% higher power for a mere 11.8% better perf than a 2 years old CPU, quite a "win", if you set those 96C Epyc at the same 500W they would be on par, so if a 96C Zen 4 match Intel s 128C at same power i let you imagine what will happen soon with the Zen 5 based Epyc.

yes, Turin = KO for Intel serverspace

 

[Hitman928]

Granite rappids review out destroying amd genoa we are so back

Intel Xeon 6980P "Granite Rapids" Linux Benchmarks Review - Phoronix

www.phoronix.com

Looks really good, though I will point out that a significant number of those tests are on Intel software. Will be interesting to see how well AMD can punch back with Turin. Definitely the most competitive it's been in quite a while though.

 

[Hitman928]

That is truly remarkable. This is as good as Snapdragon X Elite, if not better?

Not quite as good as X Elite, though that's just an estimate as it doesn't have power sensors that can be read by HWinfo and the like.

 

[511]

Looks really good, though I will point out that a significant number of those tests are on Intel software. Will be interesting to see how well AMD can punch back with Turin. Definitely the most competitive it's been in quite a while though.

Only openVino but OpenVino is what fugaku supercomputer uses which is an ARM CPU they ported openVINO to Arm CPU embree is multi architecture Intel's SW Stack is something amd is unable to match even when intel was in trouble AMD may have better HW but Intel's software support is superior in industry there is no double also the funniest slide

 

[Hitman928]

Only openVino but OpenVino is what fugaku supercomputer uses which is an ARM CPU they ported openVINO to Arm CPU embree is multi architecture Intel's SW Stack is something amd is unable to match even when intel was in trouble AMD may have better HW but Intel's software support is superior in industry there is no double also the funniest slide View attachment 108155

OpenVINO, OSPRay, Embree, OpenVKL, and Open Image Denoise are all Intel software.

 

[511]

OpenVINO, OSPRay, Embree, OpenVKL, and Open Image Denoise are all Intel software.

They are not vendor locked to Intel and we use them in Blender/V ray corona and we know how they behave they are all open source I don't see the point outside of the use of AMX even for rigging purpose it's not CUDA 🤣

 

[Hitman928]

They are not vendor locked to Intel and we use them in Blender/V ray corona and we know how they behave they are all open source I don't see the point outside of the use of AMX even for rigging purpose

Of course they are not vendor locked, otherwise we wouldn’t have results on non-Intel CPUs. The point is that in the real world, Intel software doesn’t make up such a large portion of used software and of course Intel is going to optimize their own software for their own products. Just because it is open source, doesn’t mean equal optimizations for all architectures, especially with the “stock” software.

 

[hemedans]

So it looks like Lion Cove in LNL is the exact match for Zen 5 in STX.
View attachment 108154

Huang's article also contains the same benchmark @ 3GHz, but the image is too large to be attached.

At 4.6Ghz or below, From 4.6 and above LNC is 2-3% more efficient According to Huang.