Intel’s 14th Generation Meteor Lake CPUs are expected to be released later this year, with a focus on the mobility platform first. The chips will be the first to use chiplet technology as well as a hybrid x86 core architecture. According to a highly credible leaker and insider, OneRaichu, the 14th Gen Intel Meteor Lake CPUs are aiming for significant performance and efficiency gains.
Intel’s 14th-Gen Meteor Lake CPUs will have a brand new core architecture for both P-Cores and E-Cores, and while the hybrid implementation will be retained, the CPU itself will use several other IPs that will be fused together via multiple chiplets.
The Intel 14th Gen Meteor Lake CPUs are said to prioritise mobility, and while a desktop lineup was planned, those plans are said to have been scrapped.
But, returning to the details, the Meteor Lake CPUs are said to target a performance per watt (efficiency) increase of more than 50% over the current generation. This is a significant increase in efficiency, as AMD’s Zen 4 architecture delivered a >25% increase in performance per watt when it launched last year. Raptor Lake (Raptor Cove + Gracemont) perf per watt is compared to Meteor Lake using a similar core processor.
But that’s not all; the leaker also claims that Intel’s Meteor Lake CPUs will benefit from a twofold increase in GPU performance thanks to the new tGPU or Tiled-GPU architecture, which will include new Xe GPU cores. The specific configuration is said to include 128 Execution units with clock speeds exceeding 2.0 GHz.
According to Raja Koduri, the Meteor Lake CPUs will use a tiled Arc graphics-powered GPU, creating an entirely new class of graphics on a chip. It is neither an iGPU nor a dGPU and is now known as a tGPU (Tiled GPU / Next-Gen Graphics Engine). Meteor Lake CPUs will use the all-new Xe-HPG graphics architecture, which will enable increased performance while maintaining the same level of power efficiency as existing integrated GPUs.
With a 2x performance boost and all those juicy features, AMD’s RDNA 3 GPUs in the same integrated space may face some stiff competition. NVIDIA may also face additional pressure from the rapidly evolving integrated GPU market, with both AMD and Intel delivering significant generation-over-generation gains.
According to Intel, the 14th Generation Meteor Lake CPUs will feature a brand new tiled architecture, which essentially means that the company has decided to go full chiplet. The Meteor Lake CPUs have four main tiles. The IO Tile, SOC Tile, GFX Tile, and Compute Tile are all available. The Compute Tile is made up of the CPU Tile and the GFX Tile. The CPU Tile will use a new hybrid core design comprised of Redwood Cove P-Cores and Crestmont E-Cores to deliver higher performance at lower power.
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