Intel Says New Lunar Lake Chips Have 'Fastest Built-In GPU in the Industry'

Intel today unveiled its new "Lunar Lake" Intel Core Ultra 200V processors, designed for thin and light AI PCs. Intel's new chips are meant to compete with Apple silicon chips and the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chips that Microsoft recently adopted for its AI-focused Copilot+ PCs.


According to Intel, the Lunar Lake chips are its most efficient x86 processors ever, built "without compromise." Intel claims that the p-core in the Lunar Lake chip is the "fastest CPU core of any processor in a thin and light laptop," and that its Xe2 graphics architecture is the "fastest built-in GPU in the industry."

Intel says that it tested almost 50 games and the Lunar Lake chips were 16 percent faster than AMD chips and 68 percent faster than Qualcomm chips. The chip has four p-cores (power) and four e-cores (efficiency), similar to the Apple silicon chips, and memory is no longer separate.

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Intel didn't compare its new chips to Apple silicon chips, but the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite's CPU performance is not too far off from the M4 chip, so the Lunar Lake chips could be faster. Memory maxes out at 32GB though, so Intel doesn't have chips able to compete with the Pro and Max Apple silicon chips.

Intel says that compared to Qualcomm's chips, Lunar Lake offers a 20 percent improvement in performance per watt, with the chip drawing up to 40 percent less power than its predecessor. Intel says that consumers can expect several more hours of battery life, along with significant gains in performance, graphics, and AI.

Devices with Intel's latest chips are set to be available starting on September 24.

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Harry Haller Avatar
22 weeks ago
Four months ago Intel received $20 billion in funny money from the government. Last week they announced they are laying off 16,000 workers.
Is this the new math?
Score: 33 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Harry Haller Avatar
22 weeks ago

They still haven’t received the funding. It was allocated to them, that’s all
That must be a relief to the 16,000 laid off.
Score: 22 Votes (Like | Disagree)
TheColtr Avatar
22 weeks ago
This is great, bring on the competition. Every company (including Apple) is at its best when it’s fighting to be the best.
Score: 21 Votes (Like | Disagree)
frownface Avatar
22 weeks ago
i'm fine with companies being bailed out, but the govt should get an equity stake in the company when that occurs. No different from rattling the can at shareholders for capital raising.
Score: 19 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Dozer_Zaibatsu Avatar
22 weeks ago

Four months ago Intel received $20 billion in funny money from the government. Last week they announced they are laying off 16,000 workers.
Is this the new math?
Without knowing the specifics, I am not surprised that the government might underwrite Intel, as they're as arguably vital to national security as any defense contractor. For pretty much the same reasons.

Yeah, they've punched themselves in the nuggets the last few years. The people laid off are a result of that. Now it's dig and recover.

If you think that's rewarding failure, I wouldn't say you're exactly wrong. I don't quite agree, but it's still not pretty. And it's along the lines of how it is with any big defense contractors.

Other than the politics, I hope the chip is all its cracked up to be. Because I'd be kinda interested in a machine that could run Linux with those specs.
Score: 17 Votes (Like | Disagree)
Homy Avatar
22 weeks ago

The best part of the term keynote was when they said “you don’t have to look at a website to see if your app will run” They are continuing to support legacy x86 software.
Translation: you do not need to re-purchase the same software that you already own in order to run it on our newer systems. Hint hint Apple. o_O
Since they didn't even mention or compare with Apple they were hinting at Qualcomm and the poor compatibility of Windows on ARM.
Score: 13 Votes (Like | Disagree)