Recent online listings have provided some insights into the pricing of Intel’s upcoming Meteor Lake laptops, giving potential buyers a clearer picture of what to expect in terms of cost.
Two laptops have appeared on a Bulgarian retailer’s website, and they appear to be based on Lenovo’s Yoga Pro 7, equipped with 32GB of DDR5 memory and a spacious 1TB of SSD storage. Notably, these laptops are listed with 14.5-inch 3K resolution touchscreens featuring a 120Hz refresh rate, as shared in a tweet by @momomo_us.
Intel made waves in 2022 when they unveiled their roadmap to investors, revealing exciting details about their forthcoming CPU architectures, Meteor and Arrow Lake. These chips are poised to embrace the advanced ‘Intel 4’ CPU architecture and leverage a cutting-edge 7nm lithography process. This marks a significant departure from the previous ‘Intel 7’ architecture with its 10nm process, though the nomenclature might be a tad perplexing.
For consumers, this development hints at the potential for a substantial performance boost in the 14th-generation Meteor Lake chips, especially when compared to the leap between Intel’s 12th and 13th CPU generations. It’s worth noting that this shift may not be as revolutionary as the transition from the 11th-gen chips’ 14nm microarchitecture, which introduced the split-core ‘performance/efficiency’ design seen in the 12th-gen Core processors and beyond.
According to information from Wccftech, the Lenovo Yoga Pro 7 is currently listed at 2948 Bulgarian Lev, equivalent to $1,594, while the Core Ultra 5 125H model carries a price tag of 2579 Bulgarian Lev, around $1,395. Please keep in mind that these prices are likely preliminary, and adjustments can be anticipated as the product’s launch date approaches.
The listed prices may appear steep, especially considering they exceed a thousand dollars for a laptop with the equivalent of a Core i5 processor (though it’s important to note that Intel is transitioning away from the iconic ‘i’ nomenclature for these new chips). With such pricing, Intel faces the challenge of delivering exceptional performance to remain competitive, particularly in light of Apple’s impending M3 chip.
One significant shift that Intel is making, as indicated by credible sources, is towards a ’tile-based’ design for Meteor Lake. These “tiles” essentially represent chiplets that break down various CPU processes into separate units on the CPU die. Notably, they separate I/O functions, including support for PCIe 5.0 and Thunderbolt 4, into their own chiplet to enhance overall performance. This innovative approach holds the promise of exciting advancements in CPU technology.
