Intel’s Meteor Lake processors are expected to ship in the second half of 2023, so it’s not surprising to see benchmark data leak in some form or another. More shocking than the benchmarks, the business has admitted that with the advent of Meteor Lake, it will re-brand its legendary Core portfolio.
This time, Intel’s forthcoming CPU landed up in the Ashes of Singularity database, and while the test results aren’t particularly useful in terms of performance, they do offer some information regarding the specifications and branding of these chips.
The claimed Meteor Lake processor tested in AOTS is labeled as the Core Ultra 5 1003H, indicating that the company is planning to discontinue its i3, i5, i7, and i9 classifications for at least some of its planned mobile Meteor Lake CPUs. At this moment, it’s unclear what ‘Ultra’ and ‘5’ imply in this context, or what other categories will be available, but the Pro and Max classifications spring to mind.
Meanwhile, the actual configuration of Intel’s Core Ultra 5 1003H processor, which allegedly has 18 physical and 18 logical cores, is difficult to predict.
Surprisingly, SiSoftware’s Sandra database also includes a 2.10 GHz Meteor Lake processor with an integrated GPU and 128CUs, which presumably amounts to 1024 stream processors. This is the most powerful integrated GPU available today.
In terms of AOTS scores, the Core Ultra 5 1003H CPU scored 1300 points in DirectX 11 mode and 1920×1080 resolution, which is comparable to Intel’s Core i7-12700 with UHD Graphics 770.
Keep in mind that Intel’s Meteor Lake processor with a multi-tile design is still at least a few months away, so take unofficial information with a grain of salt. Intel has verified the change in branding but has not provided further specifics. Someone could theoretically rename an existing Intel processor to Core Ultra 5 1003H and then upload the results of its tests to the AOTS database. So the naming scheme could be made up, but Intel has confirmed that at least some level of brand change is on the way, most likely alongside its Meteor Lake chips. It remains to be seen whether this will spread throughout the mobile and desktop stacks.
