CES 2025 | Intel Core Ultra 200U: Refreshed Meteor Lake chips unveiled for thin and light laptops
Intel's Core Ultra 200U series of low-power laptop processors are finally here. There are a total of four SKUs, and they lack some bells and whistles of their H branded counterparts, such as an Intel Arc iGPU. They come with LP-E cores, and are essentially Intel's second take on Meteor Lake. It is essentially Meteor Lake manufactured on Intel's newer Intel 3 node. The base and max TDP values are set at 15 Watt and 57 Watts, respectively.
| Model | Core count | P-core base | P-core boost | Max GPU frequency | Cache |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Core Ultra 7 265U | 12c (2P + 8E + 2LP-E) 14t | 2.1 GHz | 5.3 GHz | 2.1 GHz | 12 MB |
| Core Ultra 7 255U | 12c (2P + 8E + 2LP-E) 14t | 2.0 GHz | 5.2 GHz | 2.1 GHz | 12 MB |
| Core Ultra 5 235U | 12c (2P + 8E + 2LP-E) 14t | 2.0 GHz | 4.9 GHz | 2.05 GHz | 12 MB |
| Core Ultra 5 225U | 12c (2P + 8E + 2LP-E) 14t | 1.5 GHz | 4.8 GHz | 2.0 GHz | 12 MB |
Judging by the presence of hyperthreading, one can reasonably assume the Core Ultra 7 265U, Core Ultra 7 255U, Core Ultra 5 235U and Core Ultra 9 225U come with Meteor Lake's Redwood Cove P-cores. As far as the E and LP-E cores are concerned, they could be either Skymont or Crestmont, but it is probably the latter.
The Intel Arrow Lake-U platform can support up to 2x PCIe Gen4 NVMe SSDs, two Thunderbolt 4.0 ports, Wi-Fi 7 and Bluetooth 5.4. Memory support is limited to 96 GB of DDR5-6400 or 64 GB of LPDDR5X-8400. Laptops with Arrow Lake-U chips will be announced soon and should hit shelves in the coming weeks.
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