A leaked performance test let us know the performance of the Intel Arrow Lake processor in CPU-Z. This test is not one of the most reliable out there, but it is one of the easiest to interpretand offers results that are very easily comparable to those of other processors, giving it an unquestionable value.

The screenshot was shared in Chinese media and we can see that the tested Intel Arrow Lake processor achieves a excellent single wire performanceso much so that he is able to achieve them 1,143.2 points, beating the Intel Core i9-14900KS by 20%, which scored 902 points. In multithreading, the performance of this processor is lower, as it reaches 12,922.4 points compared to the 16,680 points of the Intel Core i9-14900KS.

The multi-threaded performance data makes me wonder, but I think the low score is probably because the Intel Arrow Lake processor used in CPU-Z is Core i5 equivalent within range, This means that it is a Core Ultra 5 configured with 6 high-performance P cores and 8 high-performance E cores. This would explain such a big difference compared to the Core i9-14900KS, which has 8 P cores and 16 E cores.

Intel Arrow Lake improves so much in single thread due to the jump in IPC

This jump is motivated by the use of the Lion Cove architecture in the high-performance cores, which is the same one used in Intel Lunar Lake processors. The changes introduced in this new architecture allow for an IPC improvement of 14%, meaning that each Lion Cove core performs 14% better than the previous generation P core (Redwood Cove) running at the same frequency.

Since we have a 20% improvement, this performance increase would be driven primarily by the increase in CPI, which would account for 14% of this improvement. The remaining 6% would be motivated by a slight increase in work frequencyalthough we still don’t have concrete information about the speeds of this new generation, we have to wait and see what Intel will surprise us with in the end.

Arrow Lake launch will take place in October of this year, although it will most likely be introduced in September. This generation of processors will use a new socket, LGA-1851, and will require a motherboard replacement to use. As always, we’ll keep you closely informed of any news that emerges.

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