Arrow Lake

Xiaomi has overhauled the Redmi Book 16 Pro, which it now sells as the Redmi Book Pro 16 2025. Not only does the 16-inch laptop now come with a choice of Intel Arrow Lake processors, but it also utilises a huge 99 Wh battery and a 165 Hz display running at 3.1K.

Initially announced only with Intel Arrow Lake mobile processors, the NEO 16 2025 laptops are now launching with additional AMD Ryzen 9000/X3D APU options. The E25 (Intel) and A25 (AMD) variants are available for pre-sale with RTX 5090 / 5080 / 5070 Ti GPU options, up to 96 GB RAM, up to dual 8 TB SSD storage and up to a 16-inch Mini LED 300 Hz 2560 x 1600 display.

Razer has finally shown off its 18-inch desktop replacement. The Razer Blade 18 is now official with a Core Ultra 9 275HX, RTX 5090, a 4K 120 Hz/1080p 440 Hz dual-mode display and a Thunderbolt 5.0 port.

Xiaomi has revealed early details about the next Redmi Book Pro. Not only has the company confirmed that the launch of a 16-inch model will coincide with the release of the Xiaomi 15 Ultra, but it has also revealed a few specifications of its latest MacBook Pro 16 rival to boot.

A Weibo leaker has given us a rough idea about when you can buy AMD's high-end Ryzen 9 9950X3D desktop CPUs. Intel's Arrow Lake-HX laptop SKUs are also expected to hit shelves at around the same time.

Honor has shared new details about its next MagicBook Pro release. Arriving in a week's time, the new 14-inch laptop will pack a 3.1K OLED display and processors from Intel's Arrow Lake-H family.

PassMark has highlighted a graph that shows average CPU performance in 2025 has decreased for both desktops and laptops compared to 2024. Well-regarded chips like the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D and Intel Core i9-7980XE helped push average CPU performance to new heights, but it seems different priorities are in place for Arrow Lake, Granite Ridge, and Strix Point.

The first sample of the Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX on PassMark has managed to overtake the AMD Ryzen 9 7945HX3D chip to head the CPU Mark chart for fastest laptop processor performance. However, despite the Arrow Lake-HX chip’s impressive appearance, it could not quite topple a cohort of Apple M3 SKUs in single thread performance.

Acer has announced that it will unleash a new 16-inch gaming laptop on the market from the second quarter of 2025. The Predator Helios Neo 16 AI is the only OLED-capable machine of its series, and will boast up to RTX 5070 Ti graphics to go with its Intel Arrow Lake HX platform. It is backed to revolutionize the gaming experience in its price-tier with its eponymous AI capabilities.

A Cinebench R23 score of Intel's Arrow Lake-based Core Ultra 9 275HX has emerged online. While it fails to best its Raptor Lake counterpart in single-core performance, it offers a double-digit increment in the multicore test.

Intel’s CPU roadmap for the next few years is said to include its Nova Lake CPUs, Arrow Lake Refresh, and Panther Lake chips. The Nova Lake chips may bring more than double the core count, if the latest rumors are to be believed.

Acer has launched the Predator Helios Neo 18 AI, a high-performance gaming laptop powered by Intel’s Arrow Lake HX processor. It features a high refresh rate Mini LED screen, Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs, and a 90 Whr battery, among other features. It will be available in the US market in May 2025.

There is hardly any doubting that Arrow Lake-S has left Intel fans sorely disappointed, at least in terms of gaming performance. This has result in an overflow of demand for AMD's competing products, and executive Frank Azor was quick to point it out.

Asus has updated its ROG NUC mini-PC with Intel Arrow Lake-HX and Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs. Arriving later this year as the Asus ROG NUC (2025), the new mini-PC also features an overhauled design and improved cooling, among other changes.

The MSI Vector 17 HX AI refreshes last year's Vector 17 HX with some of the best laptop components available on the market. The new gaming laptop from MSI features an Intel Core Ultra 9 CPU and up to an Nvidia RTX 5090 GPU.

The MSI Vector 16 HX AI is a high-end 16-inch gaming laptop stuffed with the latest and greatest from Intel and Nvidia. The new Vector 16 HX AI brings lots of power and good connectivity in a relatively large case.

The Asus ROG Strix Scar 18 has been shown off at CES 2025. It comes with the best hardware Nvidia and Intel have to offer, along with other goodies like a mini-LED panel, Thunderbolt 5.0 ports and a price tag to match.

Asus has refreshed the popular ROG Zephyrus G16 with current-gen hardware. Unlike its higher-end counterparts, it opts for an Arrow Lake H CPU instead of Arrow Lake HX. On the GPU side, there appears to be no compromise.

The Predator Helios Neo 16S AI is Acer's newest high-performance laptop. It comes with a high-refresh-rate OLED screen, Intel Arrow Lake HX processors and Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series GPUs.

The HP Omen Max 16 gaming laptop is now official. It can be configured with Intel Arrow Lake-HX and AMD Strix Point CPUs and GPUs from Nvidia and AMD. It goes on sale later this starting at $2,699.

Dell is once again bringing back Area-51 to Alienware gaming laptops. The new Alienware 16 Area-51 and Alienware 18 Area-51 essentially succeed the Alienware m16 and m18, respectively, but with a slightly modified chassis featuring the latest Intel Arrow Lake-HX CPUs and Nvidia's new RTX 50 series Laptop GPUs.

The MSI Titan 18 HX AI has been shown off at CES 2025. It comes with a mini-LED screen, two Thunderbolt 5.0 ports, mechanical keycaps and support for up to 96 GB RAM.

Intel has unveiled its high-performance Arrow Lake HX CPUs for laptops at CES 2025. The lineup has two Core Ultra 9, two Core Ultra 7 and two Core Ultra 5 SKUs with a turbo wattage of 57 Watts apiece.

Intel has unveiled its Core Ultra 200U series of laptop chips for thin-and-light laptops. It has four CPUs, each of which comes with a mix of P-cores, E-cores and LP-E cores.

Intel has lifted the veil from its most flexible new CPU lineup. Arrow Lake H, also known as Intel Core Ultra 200H, replaced Meteor Lake H with the same power-efficient CPU cores we already know from Lunar Lake. These new Intel CPUs may be able to offer the sweet spot between performance and efficiency and compete well with AMD's Strix Point lineup.

A new Geekbench listing sheds light on one of MSI's CES-bound laptops. The new Raider 18 HX variant mixes current and last-gen hardware; an odd choice for a flagship laptop.

LG's ultra-light next-generation laptops are here, either with Intel Lunar Lake or Intel Arrow Lake-H. The LG Gram series offers powerful features, such as up to 90 Wh batteries, an optional OLED display and even a dedicated Nvidia GeForce GPU in one model.

The high-end Razer Blade 18 gaming laptop has shown up on Geekbench with an Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX and an Nvidia desktop GPU from the last generation.

A new leak has revealed some key specs of an upcoming HP laptop. The Omen Max 16 will combine an Intel Arrow Lake-HX processor and an Nvidia GeForce RTX 50 series graphics card. It also has a slightly larger chassis compared to its last-gen version.

Intel's Core Ultra 200S launch faced five performance issues, with drops ranging from 6 percent to 30 percent. Various updates have fixed four problems, while the final optimization package is set for January 2025. A comprehensive performance review will be presented at CES 2025.

Intel CPUs are not exactly fan favorites at the moment, as Mindfactory's CPU sales data for the past three weeks shows AMD dominating the charts. The situation is so bad for Intel that the new Arrow Lake chips account for a fraction of the sales of AMD Zen 5 chips.

Early details of two new Dell workstations have leaked online. Billed as the Dell Pro Max 16 and Dell Pro Max 18 Plus, the pair are said to feature CAMM2 RAM, tandem OLED displays and Thunderbolt 5 connectivity, among other flagship hardware.

Maingear has announced that it has used on-trend Fractal Design cases to make its latest series of custom workstations. They include the Pro WS, based on the popular North XL with its wooden finish. The new line has AMD Ryzen 9000- or Intel Raptor Lake-K to Arrow Lake variants and NVIDIA RTX graphics that run from the 4060 to multiple A6000 Ada cards.

Intel is having a pretty hard time selling CPUs in Germany according to Mindfactory sales data for the current week. Team Blue has taken such a beating that there is only one SKU, the low-end Core i3-14100, in the top 30 best-selling CPUs on Mindfactory.

A retailer has revealed Asus' upcoming refresh of its innovative Zenbook Duo laptop. In the process, the same retailer has revealed early details about not just Intel's Core Ultra 7 255H but also the more powerful Core Ultra 9 285H.

A new Intel Arrow Lake-H GPU has shown up on Geekbench. The Core Ultra 7 255H is a 16-core CPU (10E + 6P) with a max boost clock of 5.1 GHz. It will be unveiled at CES 2025.

The yet-unreleased Intel Core Ultra 5 225H Arrow Lake-H mobile CPU has made a pit stop at Geekbench for a set of valid single-core and multi-core benchmark results. While the results do show the 28 W Arrow Lake-H CPU beating the Meteor Lake Core Ultra 5 125H, the chip fails to outperform the Strix Point Ryzen AI 9 365.

The Intel Arrow Lake series didn't quite meet the expectations, and the company admitted that the launch didn't go as planned. Intel has also shared that it plans to fix the performance of the Core Ultra 200S lineup with updates.

Intel's Core Ultra 9 285H Arrow Lake-H laptop processor has shown up on Geekbench. It has a 16-core CPU (6 P-cores + 10 E-cores) and boosts up to 5.4 GHz. It was tested alongside a Dell laptop with 64 GB RAM.

According to a roundup of 20 Intel Arrow Lake launch reviews, Intel's latest Core Ultra 200S chips only convince in efficiency. The Core Ultra 200S processors deliver marginal increases in application performance while taking a noticeable hit in gaming.

CheckMag Halfway through the ninth generation of consoles, it's probably safe to say that much of the gaming audience is unimpressed. Yet the release valve for console gamers that is mainstream PC gaming is growing further and further out of reach - and it's not just about price.

Extreme overclocker Kovan Yang pushes Kingston Fury Renegade DDR5 memory to an unprecedented 12,108 MT/s using liquid nitrogen cooling, setting a new world record. The achievement comes amid a wave of DDR5-12000+ breakthroughs from other overclockers using Intel's latest platform.

Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K has been overclocked to 7.4 GHz shortly after its official launch. It was done by prolific overclocker Elmor on an Asus ROG Maximus Z890 motherboard

Intel's newly announced Arrow Lake-based Core Ultra 9 285K and Core Ultra 5 245K don't offer much in the way of gaming prowess. While they're more power efficient than last-gen counterparts, Raptor Lake still reigns supreme in raw performance.

Shortly before the release of Arrow Lake reviews, leaker Moore's Law Is Dead has revealed some important and disturbing details regarding the performance and issues faced by the new Core Ultra 200 CPUs. The leaker claims that ARL-S brings virtually no gaming performance gains and even regresses heavily in some cases.