Intel Arrow Lake Qualification Sample Tested, Slightly Faster Than 14900K On Average

Low Boon Shen
By Low Boon Shen 3 Min Read

More leaks are coming from Intel’s upcoming Core Ultra (codenamed Arrow Lake) processors: leaker @jaykihn0 has published a chart comparing two Arrow Lake processors – one Engineering Sample (ES) and the other being Qualification Sample (QS) – against the Core i9-14900K. On average, the QS is 4% faster, though there are significant differences in each tests performed.

Arrow Lake QS: Faster Here, Slower There

The completely new architecture from Team Blue doesn’t show a complete improvement, however. But before that, it’s worth noting that the chips involved is likely the Core Ultra 9 variant (285K or 275K), as 8P+16E configuration can only be found here. All tests are measured at 250W on all CPUs, the leaker noted. Here’s how the scores look like:

Intel Arrow Lake Qualification Sample Tested, Slightly Faster Than 14900K On Average
Image: @jaykhin0 (X/Twitter)

The big win for Arrow Lake QS is Cinebench R23 – in this multi-core test, the processor gets a 17.5% lead over Core i9-14900K; however, there is notable regression in other metrics, such as Speedometer, a web browser benchmarking tool. Here, the Core Ultra chip scores 9% less compared to the Raptor Lake-based chip. Meanwhile, on single-core workload such as GeekBench, the scores are virtually equal, with the QS scores 1% lead, well within the margin of error.

While the scores are likely not final, Qualification Samples usually are a good indication on where the performance will be on the final product. Intel may still eke out more performance through optimizations and new microcode, but it’s also worth noting that Arrow Lake will ditch hyper-threading. Despite that, it looks like the multi-core performance didn’t suffer as a result, so that’s a good news at least.

Intel is reportedly announcing Arrow Lake lineup in September, with product launch set in October. While no SKUs are listed thus far, recent CPU-Z update has reveal a few names, indicating that three K-series models will most likely be leading the way first.

Source: Videocardz

Pokdepinion: Surprised to see the multi-core virtually unaffected by the loss of hyperthreading. Single-core doesn’t look as nice, though.

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