Intel decided to ditch hyperthreading for the upcoming Arrow Lake processors, and based on a new set of leaks, it may have been for the best.

Intel's possible Core Ultra CPU boxes have been leaked, revealing a dark-themed package. Apt that they are slated to release in October, the box is

Five models will be offered initially, all using the new "Core Ultra" nomenclature already seen with Intel's Meteor Lake laptop CPUs. The top chip is the Core Ultra 9 285K. It sports eight Performance and 16 Efficient cores, but no HyperThreading, so the thread count is the same as the overall core count.

Geekbench results appear for the Core Ultra 9 285K and Core Ultra 7 265K, showing an increase in performance over the Core i9 14900K.

Surprising news about Intel continues to emerge with the chipmaker vowing to use an external foundry in place of its own 20A process to make the upcoming Arrow Lake processors, amid talk that Broadcom has rejected Intel's 18A process as not ready for mass production.

Core Ultra 200 series CPU specifications have been purportedly finalized. Five SKUs will debut on launch day. Core counts remain the same, but clock speeds are dropping compared to Raptor Lake Refresh.

Leaked specs include Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, Intel Core Ultra 7 265K, Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF, Intel Core Ultra 5 245K, and Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF models. t has been said that Intel could launch at least 16 variants in the Core Ultra 200 series but these five are now expected to arrive on October 24.