Intel will soon be refreshing its Raptor Lake "Core" CPUs for a 3rd generation for entry-level & mainstream gaming laptops.
Intel Raptor Lake Refresh "Core 7 250H" Features The Same Specs As Core i7-13800H With 14 Cores Up To 5.2 GHz
With the launch of Intel's Core Ultra 200 series CPUs which will span the Arrow Lake-S "Core Ultra 200S" Desktop, Arrow Lake-H/HX "Core Ultra 200H/HX", Lunar Lake "Core Ultra 200V", the company is also preparing refreshed chips under the Raptor Lake family which will be branded as Non-Ultra 200 series.
We have seen a few of these refreshed Intel Raptor Lake "Core 200" series chips leak out in the past and now we have a new entry which was featured in MSI's new Katana 15 laptop. This chip features the naming scheme, Core 7 250H, and comes with a 6 P-Core and 8 E-Core configuration which totals 14 cores and 20 threads. The chip has a base clock of 2.50 GHz and a boost clock of 5.20 GHz while there's a 24 MB of Smart Cache. TDP should be rated at 45W base power & a max power rating of 115W.
These are the same specifications as the Intel Core i7-13800H which is among one of the popular choices for high-end and mainstream gaming laptops. In terms of performance at Geekbench 6, the single-thread score is rated at 2415 points while the multi-thread score is rated at 13,201 points. This is around the same performance that the Core i7-13800H achieves though different laptop configurations can lead to variable performance due to different power ratings, thermal designs, and memory configs.
The MSI Katana 15 gaming laptop with the Intel Core 7 250H is equipped with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4050 GPU which is an entry-level solution. This shows that the Raptor Lake Refresh should be serving the mainstream and budget segment while Core Ultra CPUs under the Meteor Lake and Arrow Lake chips should target the more performance-minded designs. There should be a big price difference as such between the Non-Ultra and Ultra CPUs so do make sure which laptop you are getting as both the price and performance can vary a lot.
| CPU Name | Family | Core/Thread Configuration | Base/Boost Clock(P, E Base/P, E Boost) | L3 Cache | TDP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel Core 7 250H | Raptor Lake-H? | 14/20 | 2.5 / 5.2 GHz | 24 MB | 45/115W |
| Intel Core 7 250U | Raptor Lake-U | 10/12 | TBD | TBD | TBD |
| Intel Core 5 220H | Raptor Lake-H? | 12/16 | TBD | 20 MB | 45/115W |
| Intel Core 7 150U | Raptor Lake-U | 10/16 | 1.8, 1.2 GHz/5.4, 4.0 GHz | 12 MB | 15/55W |
| Intel Core 5 120U | Raptor Lake-U | 10/12 | 1.4, 0.9 GHz/5.0, 3.8 GHz | 12 MB | 15/55W |
| Intel Core 3 100U | Raptor Lake-U | 6/8 | 1.2, 0.9 GHz/4.7, 3.3 GHz | 10 MB | 15/55W |
About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.
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