Intel has officially announced the Lunar Lake processor, featuring superior AI computing power. Intel claims that the Lunar Lake processor can boast an AI computing power of over 120TOPS at its peak. However, for desktop users, Arrow Lake is the product tailored for them. As the release of the Arrow Lake processor approaches, there is an increasing amount of information about this processor. This time, the news is that the AI computing power of the Arrow Lake processor has been significantly reduced, although there is a slight increase in cache capacity.

Firstly, regarding AI computing power, the Arrow Lake processor offers a significant improvement over its predecessor, with the CPU contributing 15TOPS, the NPU contributing 13TOPS, and the GPU contributing only 9TOPS, for a total of 37TOPS. In comparison, the previous generation's AI computing power was 11TOPS. However, compared to the Lunar Lake processor, which boasts over 120TOPS and an NPU computing power exceeding 45TOPS, the Arrow Lake processor falls short. Notably, Microsoft defines AI PC computing power as around 45TOPS, indicating that the Arrow Lake processor alone is not sufficient.

On a positive note, the cache capacity of the Arrow Lake processor has increased slightly. The L2 cache for the P-cores is 24MB, while the E-cores have 16MB, for a total cache of 76MB, compared to 68MB for the previous generation, marking a modest improvement. However, previous benchmarks have shown a significant improvement in single-threaded performance for the Arrow Lake processor, suggesting satisfactory performance in actual gaming.

Intel is expected to officially launch the Arrow Lake processor in September. If you plan to use the Arrow Lake processor for complex AI tasks, it would be advisable to invest in a powerful dedicated graphics card.