Intel Core Ultra 200V processors — dubbed Lunar Lake — were launched in India on Thursday, about eight days after their global debut. They are the second generation of artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled processors launched by the company, following the launch of Meteor Lake processors in December 2023. Combined with several AI-accelerated features, the Intel Core Ultra 200V series is capable of delivering a combined 67 trillion operations per second (TOPS). Lunar Lake is the company’s first processor to bear the Microsoft Copilot+ label.
Intel Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake Series Availability in India
Intel Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake series laptops will be available for pre-order on retail platforms like Amazon, Croma, Flipkart, Reliance Digital, and Vijay Sales starting September 12. The devices will be available for purchase starting September 24.
Products from global manufacturers such as Acer, Asus, Dell, HP, Lenovo, MSI and Samsung will be presented there.
Intel Core Ultra 200V Lunar Lake Series Processor Features
According to Intel, its new processor line includes a new Xe2 graphics architecture that is expected to provide 30 times better performance when producing mobile graphics. The line includes nine new laptop processors equipped with eight CPU cores and up to eight GPU cores.
Its Intel Arc graphics processing unit (GPU) consists of eight second-generation Xe cores, eight enhanced ray tracing units, support for up to three 4K monitors, and Intel Xe Matrix Extensions AI Engines. With these improvements, it can deliver up to 67 TOPS of performance. Intel claims that Lunar Lake processors boast 68 percent better graphics performance than the Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite chipset.
To develop it, the chipmaker partnered with independent software vendors (ISVs) and optimized more than 500 artificial intelligence (AI) models so that computers equipped with the chip can take full advantage of artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities.
According to the company, out of the eight cores, four are Lion Cove efficiency cores, and the remaining four are Skymont efficiency cores. All processors come with support for up to 32GB of LPDDR5X RAM. In total, the new Core Ultra Series 2 processors offer a total of 120 TOPS across the CPU (5 TOPS), GPU (48 TOPS), and NPU (67 TOPS).
In terms of connectivity, the chips support Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4 (with LE Audio), and a Gigabit Ethernet connection. Laptops, desktops, and other devices with an Intel Lunar Lake processor can be equipped with up to three Thunderbolt 4 ports, six USB 2.0 ports, and two USB 3.0 ports.
