A new model of Intels Lunar Lake CPU has been unveiled, shedding light on the Core Ultra platform designed for lightweight laptops. The leak originated from XZiar, on Zhihu, who shared a screenshot revealing a laptop powered by the purported Intel Lunar Lake CPU on the task manager.
According to the source, this specific sample bears an “A1” stepping suggesting that Intels Lunar Lake could potentially be launched as expected this year.
More About the Intel Lunar Lake CPU
Delving further into specifics the Intel Lunar Lake CPU identified in the task manager is labeled as “Genuine Intel (R) 0000 1.00 GHz ” with a base clock speed of 1.80 GHz and a boost clock speed of 2.80 GHz operating at 33% utilization. These CPUs are expected to be manufactured using Intel’s 20A process node promising improvements in clock speeds compared to the existing Meteor Lake CPUs that experienced a decrease in clock speeds during the transition, from Intel 7 to 4.
The upcoming Intel Lunar Lake CPUs will feature two primary core architectures; Lion Cove P Cores and Skymont E Cores. The mentioned sample displays a configuration of 8 cores and threads each; however, there is uncertainty surrounding the core layout with speculations indicating an arrangement of 4 P Cores and 4 E Cores.
The absence of multithreading (SMT), in the P Cores, is similar, to the Arrow Lake prototypes. Regarding cache, the CPU comes with 832 KB of L1 cache 14 MB of L2 cache, and 12 MB of L3 cache—a setup that differs from Meteor Lake and Raptor Lake CPUs.
According to Bionic_Squash, the Lion Cove P-Cores on the Lunar Lake CPUs feature 48 KB of L0D, 192 KB of alleged L1D, 64 KB of L1i, 2.5 MB of L2, and 3 MB of L3 cache. Meanwhile, the Skymont E-Cores include 64 KB of L1i, 32 KB of L1D, 4 MB of L2, and no L3 cache, with the L3 cache present on other chips featuring the Skymont E-Cores. Additionally, the SLC is set at 8 MB.
In a previous reveal, MX chips for thin and light notebooks were reported to offer up to 8 cores in 4P and 4E configurations, alongside next-gen Battlemage “Xe2” iGPU in up to 8-EU variants and TDPs ranging from 8W to 30W. With promising gains in graphics and NPU performance, Intel’s Lunar Lake CPUs signify a significant launch anticipated later this year, pending Intel’s plans.
