15th Generation Intel Arrow Lake Processors: How Much Faster Will They Be Compared to Alder Lake?

What to look forward to: As Intel’s upcoming Arrow Lake processor nears launch, rumors suggest it could come with a staggering 45 percent IPC increase over the already popular 12th Gen Alder Lake family. If this turns out to be the case, it would mean a significant increase in performance per core and per clock.

YouTuber Red Gaming Tech claims Arrow Lake can deliver up to 45% IPC growth over the previous generation. The announcement concerns performance cores, also known as P-cores. However, the new efficiency cores have not been given an IPC improvement number, although they will no doubt play an important role in determining overall performance.

Other important factors are clock speeds and the number of cores. While neither has received an official word from Intel, Red Gaming Tech claims that Arrow Lake was once planned to offer eight P-cores and 32 E-cores, but has since dwindled to eight P-cores. and 16 E-cores like Raptor Lake. Even if that were the case, a processor that at least matches Raptor Lake’s clock speed would still be extremely fast and excel at multi-threaded tasks.

According to the insider, Arrow Lake will have the same physical chassis, connector, and pin configuration as its desktop predecessor, Meteor Lake. So while the new Arrow Lake processors may provide a valuable speed boost over the current generation of Intel processors, many of their distinguishing features won’t be available until Meteor Lake arrives later this year. The MTL-S processor, which will combine silicon from TSMC N3 and Intel 4 on a single die, will be the first Intel processor to use disaggregated cores.

By the way, it’s unclear how Arrow Lake will fit into Intel’s generational nomenclature. The 13th generation chips are what Raptor Lake is currently using. Therefore, you can assume that Arrow Lake will be the 14th generation. However, a Raptor Lake refresh is expected later this year, and it could get the 14th generation designation.

Finally, it is important to remember that unconfirmed information should be treated with caution until it is officially confirmed by the manufacturer.