Intel Core Non-Ultra CPUs Spotted on ASUS Laptops

Intel has released Meteor Lake architecture recently and announced its rebranding, which changes the official Intel processor naming scheme to either ‘Intel Core’, or ‘Intel Core Ultra’. Core Ultra processors have been coveredin detailalready, which the company announced at its Innovation 2023 event. But, we did not hear much about ‘Intel Core’ (non-Ultra) variants.

Now, a new leak shows us upcomingIntel Coreprocessors ranging fromIntel Core 3toIntel Core 7with several specifications, too. This was spotted on the ASUSwebsite, on the company’s upcomingVivobook 14 lineup.

An X (formerly Twitter) user@momomo_ushas also spotted new Intel Core (Non-Ultra) processors on the upcomingExpertbook B5 series. All leaked CPUs with their respective spec information have been detailed below. Essentially, these new CPUs will succeed previous Core i3 & i7 chips, and the ‘i’ has also beendropped.Intel Processor VariantTotal No. Of Cores (C) / Threads (T)CacheMax Turbo & Base FrequencyIntegrated GPUIntel Core 7 150U10C/12T12 MB5.40 GHz (Turbo), 1.80 GHz (Base)Intel HD GraphicsIntel Core 5 120U10C/12T12 MB5.00 GHz (Turbo), 1.40 GHz (Base)Intel HD GraphicsIntel Core 3 100U6C/8T10 MB4.40 GHz (Turbo), 1.20 GHz (Base)Intel HD GraphicsIntel Core ‘Non-Ultra’ processor lineup specifications (Source: ASUS)

The aforementioned links to the Asus website reveal that new Intel processors are still up at the time of writing. They may go down in the future since these non-Ultra Intel Core processors do not exist in Intel’s database yet.

It looks like Intel Core 7 150U & Core 5 120U share the core configuration at 10 cores & 12 threads. The entry-level Intel Core 3 100U is mentioned to have 6 cores & 8 threads.

Intel Meteor Lake‘Arc’ graphicsare only present on Core Ultra processors. It appears that theseNon-UltraIntel Coreprocessors will getstandard Intel HD graphicsas the on-board integrated GPU.

We do not know how much power these processors will use. These are U-Series chips from Intel. Knowing that we can speculate that these CPUs will operate between 9W to 30W (configurable by the manufacturer).

Upon the official release of these CPUs in new mid-range and entry-level laptops, these new processors will hopefully give users better battery life & performance than before. We will find out more about their internal architecture soon, when Intel officially launches them. Intel has rebranded these processors to reflect the new naming scheme. But, some rumors do say these non-Ultra processrsmaynot feature a new architecture.

What are your thoughts on these upcoming Intel Core ‘Non-Ultra’ processors? Let us know in the comments below.

Satyam Kumar

Highly passionate about technology. Major expertise in PC hardware, the VR industry, esports-centric gear, and other gadgets. In my spare time, I’m usually researching exciting hardware breakthroughs or playing competitive games.

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