Intel Arrow Lake CPUs are rumored consume less than 100 W of power at high frequencies.

The Intel 15th Gen processors (codename Arrow Lake), which are due to be released in the next few months, have been largely overlooked. These chips will be available by the end the year. They are the next generation Intel desktop (Core), laptop (Core Ultra, and Core H) processors. We're hearing rumours that they could be much more efficient than the current-generation chips.

According to the summary of a recent Intel and Asus conference by Chinese tech blogger Little Pigeon (via VideoCardz), 15th Gen Intel processors should "have at least 100 W less power consumption while maintaining high frequency." According to Wccftech, the machine translation of Wccftech, "stability" is guaranteed for these next-gen CPUs, because "the previous overvoltage issue will not occur."

It's not surprising that the first overvoltage BIOS fix is being rolled out for current-gen Intel processors. It would be nice to hear that 100 W of power consumption is low, as long as high frequencies are maintained.

We don't expect to see these 100 W numbers in the high-performance laptop CPU line, which is "slightly more powerful but still relatively low power".

Core i9-15900HX is rated at 57 W when fully loaded.

If this 100 W rumour turns out to be true, we can expect to see a 100 W power reduction on desktop CPUs. The Intel Core i9-14900K has a maximum power draw of 253W and a TDP (total power consumption) of 125W. If this 100W rumour is true, we'll hopefully see such a reduction in desktop CPUs.

Intel may also need to do this, as AMD Zen 5 just launched with a remarkably low power consumption. Nick, in his testing, found that the AMD Ryzen 7 95700X, which has a maximum package of only 88 W, actually consumes very little power. The next CPU generation is shaping up to be a power-efficiency competition.

A lower power consumption would be good news for the temperature, as less power is usually associated with less heat. It would be nice, given how hot the current-generation chips can get - yes, even (and possibly especially) Core Ultra chips.

Process changes could be responsible for improvements in power, temperature and efficiency. Most of Intel's Arrow Lake computing tiles (for its high-end CPUs), are rumoured relying on TSMC's node N3 for production. The chipmaker has started 3 nm Arrow Lake production in June.

It would be nice if Intel could report something positive for once, wouldn't you say?