Intel's Arrow Lake "Core Ultra 200" CPU will feature a brand new box design and we have our first look at the packaging for the flagship Core Ultra 9 285K chip.
Core Ultra 9 285K box shows Intel's next-gen design for the Arrow Lake CPUs
[Update - 9/20/24] - It looks like the box packages of the Core Ultra 7 and Core Ultra 5 CPU SKUs have also been leaked, this time by Momomo_US.
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Intel's Arrow Lake desktop CPUs are roughly one month away from coming to the shelves but we have already got plenty of leaks about the series, including specifications and some performance numbers. What we didn't have is the box concept for these CPUs, which now has been revealed by a user on Reddit.
Remember that this is still a rumor, so the final design may differ. The pic was posted on the r/intel subreddit by the user u/CoffeeBlowout. The box concept posted shows a new design that features a dark blue rectangular box with dots as accents. We can see the 'ULTRA' branding under 'Intel CORE' and '9' at the top right. This is similar to how the previous generations of Intel Core i9s have been shipped inside a box.
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K 24 Core / 24 Thread CPU
The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K will be the flagship CPU within the Core Ultra 200 "Arrow Lake" Desktop CPU lineup. This chip features 8 P-cores based on the Lion Cove core architecture and 16 E-cores based on the Skymont core architecture. The chip will feature 24 threads and offer 36 MB of L3 and 40 MB of L2 cache for a total of 76 MB cache pool. The CPU will operate at a base clock of 3.7 GHz on the P-Core and 3.2 GHz on the E-Core while the maximum boost clocks are rated at 5.7 GHz for the P-Cores and 4.6 GHz for the E-Cores. The CPU will be set at a PL1 TDP of 125W and have an MTP of 250W.
- Core Ultra 9 285K: 24 Core / 24 Thread / 3.7-5.7 GHz / 36 MB L3 / 40 MB L2 / 125W-250W
- Core i9-14900K: 24 Core / 32 Thread / 3.2-6.0 GHz / 36 MB L3 / 32 MB L2 / 125W-253W
From Alder Lake to Raptor Lake Refresh, the box design remained pretty much the same except for some changes to the box. The Arrow Lake CPUs, Core Ultra 9 285K in this case, resemble the Core i9 12900KS box, which features a dark black box but without the dot accents. One major change can be seen on the side where one can see that the silicon wafer box has been replaced by a different one.
Nonetheless, expect that the Core Ultra 9 285K box may be a little different in color scheme than other SKUs in the Arrow Lake lineup. We used to have Core i5s in light blue, but the Core i7s featured a darker blue box, and the i9s used an even darker blue color.
The first batch of Intel Arrow Lake CPUs will feature 5 SKUs, planned to launch on 24th October as per the recent reports. These will be the Core Ultra 9 285K, Core Ultra 7 265K, Core Ultra 7 265KF, Core Ultra 5 265K, and Core Ultra 5 265KF CPUs. The rest of the CPUs in the lineup will follow after a few months, including the non-K, and T models.
News Source: r/intel
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