Intel Meteor Lake CPUs to use “Core Ultra” instead of the traditional “Core i”

Intel has confirmed that it will use new branding for its Meteor Lake “Core” CPUs and beyond, and that more information will be released soon. An Intel Meteor Lake CPU codenamed Core Ultra 5 1003H was discovered in the Ashes of The Singularity benchmark database yesterday. This was previously assumed to be a 14th Gen Meteor Lake CPU, which has now been confirmed.

The naming confirms Intel’s decision to discontinue the “Core i” series in favour of a new “Core Ultra” branding. If the previous branding is used, the same chip would be known as the Core i5-1003H.

Based on the numbering scheme, it appears that Intel is starting from scratch, and while Meteor Lake CPUs are part of the 14th Generation Core family, there is no identifier to indicate this. The 13th Gen CPUs begin with the letter “13,” whereas the Meteor Lake CPU begins with the letter “10,” implying it is part of the 10th Gen family.

Because Intel’s 13th Generation family is made up of Raptor and Alder Lake CPUs, it makes sense to take a unified and new approach, similar to what AMD did with its Ryzen 7000 series, but this made things much more confusing for consumers.

The “Ultra” moniker is one of many that Intel will use to differentiate between different SKUs and segments. We can think of Core Extreme, Core Max, Core Pro, and other options, but we’ll have to wait and see what Intel decides on. Some SKUs may lack such identifiers entirely.

This is most likely an engineering sample of the Meteor Lake CPUs that has yet to be finalised, but it will be interesting to see what kind of naming scheme Intel uses for its next-generation CPUs.

The Core Ultra 5 1003H has 18 cores and 18 threads, though the actual count is unknown because AOTS has had issues detecting the actual core count for ES chips in the past and this is a multi-chiplet architecture.

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. The GPU tile will include a completely new Xe-LPG graphics core based on the Alchemist architecture.

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