An Intel Lunar Lake engineering pattern CPU has been noticed working Home windows. That is hardly shocking in the course of the growth part of any CPU, however this one is made extra attention-grabbing given the screenshot reveals some key specs concerning its cache configuration and Hyperthreading (or lack thereof).
The leak comes courtesy of XZiar, (by way of @9550pro and Tom’s {Hardware}). It reveals a screenshot of the Home windows Job Supervisor that includes some specs of a Lunar Lake A1 engineering pattern. The examined CPU has eight cores and eight threads, that means Hyperthreading will not be current. It is believed the core configuration consists of 4 P-cores and 4 E-cores.
Its base clock is 1.8GHz whereas its increase clock is 2.8GHz. There’s nothing uncommon about that as the aim of early engineering samples is for testing fundamental performance, compatibility and debugging somewhat than efficiency. What’s actually attention-grabbing nevertheless, is its cache configuration.
The chip in query reportedly has 14MB of L2 cache, however solely 12MB of L3 cache. Often a better stage cache can be a lot bigger. There are a number of prospects as to why that could be the case. Firstly, it might simply be the Job Supervisor is studying it incorrectly. Different prospects are that some cache is disabled, or Intel is doing one thing actually completely different with Lunar Lake’s structure, maybe along side on-package LPDDR5X reminiscence.
It is vital to not assume an excessive amount of from this one screenshot. A1 silicon signifies that its a really early pattern. Specs and configurations can change, and clock speeds are positive to extend because the kinks are ironed out.
Lunar Lake is a cellular oriented design, with low energy and effectivity being a key focus. It will have an AI NPU (after all) and improved graphics capabilities due to its Battlemage iGPU. We’ll have to attend and see what sorts of units Lunar Lake chips are housed in, however handhelds and ultra-portable units are absolutely on the menu.
Lunar Lake will launch alongside Arrow Lake, which is the alternative for present 14th Gen Raptor Lake CPUs. Given the Meteor Lake structure is out and about in laptops, there’s going to be quite a lot of lakes to wade via in the direction of the tip of 2024.