Tag: Intel

DXR 1.2: New tech for better ray tracing graphics performance

Graphics, News, Technology | | Jan Olšan

Ray tracing graphics, alongside upscaling and similar “more FPS” tricks, has been the main trend in games in recent years. Although ray tracing is commonly associated with Nvidia’s RTX marketing brand, it’s actually built on the DirectX API: DirectX Ray Tracing, or DXR, which launched before GeForce RTX. This technology is now getting a major upgrade to version DXR 1.2, which will bring new capabilities as well as better performance. Read more “DXR 1.2: New tech for better ray tracing graphics performance” »

Intel launches mass production on 1.8nm. Panther Lake tiles?

News, Processors, Technology | | Jan Olšan

Is Intel on track to overcome its long crisis? It will be decided by company’s fabs – a strategic advantage but now a burden the company can no longer afford. Intel now needs external clients to sustain them and whether these clients will come depends on the ability to deliver competitive technologies. The company is pinning its hopes on the 18A process. Production using this technology has just begun, so the answer may come soon. Read more “Intel launches mass production on 1.8nm. Panther Lake tiles?” »

48 cores? Intel Nova Lake can have two CPU tiles, Ryzen-style

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

When Intel released the long-awaited Arrow Lake processors last fall, the core count remained at 24 (8 large P-Cores and 16 smaller, efficient E-Cores), the same configuration as used by the Raptor Lake processors from 2022. There were rumors about a future upgrade to 8+32 cores, but that was axed. However, the next-generation Nova Lake in 2026 could make up for this and deliver a significant leap in PC processor performance. Read more “48 cores? Intel Nova Lake can have two CPU tiles, Ryzen-style” »

Intel Laminar RM2 & Laminar RH2: New stock coolers for Arrow Lake

CPU coolers, News | | Jan Olšan

Yesterday, Intel released 65W “non-K” Arrow Lake processors, which represent a cheaper mainstream option for desktops on its new LGA 1851 platform compared to the 125W “K” models that are overclockable and geared more towards enthusiasts. The non-K versions will have one small advantage, a bundled cooler, which can save you some money on the build. For the new generation, these coolers have been given a better and quieter design. Read more “Intel Laminar RM2 & Laminar RH2: New stock coolers for Arrow Lake” »

Intel axes basic stock cooler bundled with cheapest processors

Cooling, CPU coolers, News | | Jan Olšan

Perhaps it says something about the state of the desktop PC market: a few years ago, AMD invested in improved stock coolers for the first Ryzen processors, and then Intel did something similar for Alder Lake processors on the LGA 1700 platform. It didn’t last long though, both have since abandoned further improvements and people buying an aftermarket cooler is pretty much assumed. Now, Intel is even killing off its cheapest box cooler. Read more “Intel axes basic stock cooler bundled with cheapest processors” »

Intel cancels x86S, effort to clean up x86 CPUs legacy cruft

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

In fall, we reported here that Intel’s Panther Cove CPU architecture coming in two years (not in Panther Lake CPUs though) reportedly adopts an upgrade to the x86 instruction set labeled APX and also the AVX10 SIMD instructions, which are a compromise between AVX-512 and AVX2 designed for hybrid processors. However, the x86S architecture, the third of these awaited ISA innovations, will not be coming. It has in fact been cancelled. Read more “Intel cancels x86S, effort to clean up x86 CPUs legacy cruft” »

Batttlemage: Details of Intel Xe2 GPU architecture [Analysis]

Analysis, Graphics | | Jan Olšan

Intel has unveiled the new Arc graphics cards, dubbed Battlemage or also “B-Series”, featuring a vastly improved architecture, giving Arc a second chance to gain favour with gamers – though it will have to do this mainly through low prices, as the newly released GPUs will only compete in the bracket of cheaper mainstream graphics. We’ve dedicated this article to the cards themselves now we’ll have a look at the architecture itself. Read more “Batttlemage: Details of Intel Xe2 GPU architecture [Analysis]” »

Intel Core Ultra 5 245K vs. AMD R5 9600X or… R7 9700X?

Extra tests, Processors | | Ľubomír Samák

The lowest “K” model of the Intel Arrow Lake CPU family benefits, like its predecessors, from a large number of cores. Unlike them, it doesn’t have Hyper Threading, but it doesn’t lag behind compute-wise, and the Core Ultra 5 245K is more efficient. However, it’s not enough to rival the Ryzen 9000s. Not at high performance. In medium workloads, typical of gaming PCs, however, the situation turns around. Read more “Intel Core Ultra 5 245K vs. AMD R5 9600X or… R7 9700X?” »

Intel Officially Announced the Arc B580 and B570 Battlemage

Graphics, News | | Adam Vágner

Yesterday, Intel officially unveiled two initial models of the new generation of Arc graphics cards. Their chips use an architecture codenamed Battlemage, and one of key advantages is expected to be a strong price-to-performance ratio in the lower mid-range segment. They offer significant improvements over the previous generation in nearly every aspect and introduce alternatives to most competing technologies Intel has lacked in previous lineup. Read more “Intel Officially Announced the Arc B580 and B570 Battlemage” »

Intel Battlemage is here, Arc B580 and B570 out next week

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

A few days ago, stores leaked the Intel’s next-gen Arc B580 “Battlemage” graphics card, which should go on sale in December. And now it seems to have been confirmed, the release date has been leaked as well as the fact that there won’t be just one Battlemage card. Intel is preparing two or three SKUs. Or at least for now, because more powerful models may still be added later, the fate of those is not very clear right now. Read more “Intel Battlemage is here, Arc B580 and B570 out next week” »

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K: #1 in multi-threaded tasks even without HT

Extra tests, Processors | | Ľubomír Samák

A new CPU has taken the throne of absolute performance – the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K. Yes, it’s a tight race, it’s with higher power consumption and lower efficiency, but that’s a necessary tax to pay for that “absolute peak”. Sure, someone will gladly sacrifice that leadership in favor of better operating characteristics, but either way, the 24-core CPU is the one that sets the pace in compute tasks on a mainstream platform. In this case, it’s Intel LGA 1851. Read more “Intel Core Ultra 9 285K: #1 in multi-threaded tasks even without HT” »

Intel Core Ultra 7 265K: Often more efficient than Ryzen 7 9700X

Extra tests, Processors | | Ľubomír Samák

Intel Arrow Lake desktop CPUs have undergone a significant change on many levels. Aside from the new performance (P) and efficient (E) core architectures, they are now chiplet-based and have stopped using Hyper Threading, for example. At the same time, the power consumption is lower and the Core Ultra 7 265K CPU is often more power efficient compared to the competition. This even in games, which we haven’t seen before. Read more “Intel Core Ultra 7 265K: Often more efficient than Ryzen 7 9700X” »

Intel plans its own 3D V-Cache, but not for gaming CPUs

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

AMD processors are now the performance leaders in games (people likely didn’t see this coming, back in the early Ryzen days), thanks in large part to 3D V-Cache technology boosting the L3 cache capacity to 96MB, which can hold a good part of game’s hot data. It makes sense to expect Intel to come up with something similar to catch up to AMD. After all, they once had something similar in the form of Broadwell processors with eDRAM. Read more “Intel plans its own 3D V-Cache, but not for gaming CPUs” »

Intel: Arrow lake will get AMD-style post-launch performance fixes

News, Processors | | Jan Olšan

There’s perception that AMD releases CPU rather early and tweaks the platform (firmware, drivers and other things) after the release. Performance improves as time goes on, but on the other hand, it’s not at 100% at the beginning. Ryzen 9000 really put this on display, but it looks like Intel may be the same story this year. Core Ultra 200S CPUs have allegedly not shown their real power and will get faster. Will that turn the tide? Read more “Intel: Arrow lake will get AMD-style post-launch performance fixes” »

Intel’s new Arc “Battlemage” gaming GPUs coming out next month

Graphics, News | | Jan Olšan

No new GPUs from Nvidia are expected to hit the market this year with the new products will be revealed in January (at CES 2025). But one possibly important premiere in the world of gaming GPUs is still slated to happen this year – Intel’s new Arc desktop GPUs, the Battlemage architecture, will be released. It looks surprisingly good in the mobile Lunar Lake processors, so Arc “Battlemage” desktop graphics cards might finally be worth it. Read more “Intel’s new Arc “Battlemage” gaming GPUs coming out next month” »

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