Intel's latest desktop CPU flagship, the Core Ultra 9 285K is probably not as fast as the Ryzen 7 7800X3D in gaming.

Intel's desktop platforms will continue to use a chipset that's totally separate from the CPU package, unlike its laptop chips, which combine a CPU/GPU/chipset. The new 800-series chipsets can support "up to" 24 PCIe 4.0 lanes, which can be used for M.2 SSDs and various ports depending on how your motherboard maker decides to use them.

Intel's initial Arrow Lake launch comprises five CPU SKUs in total, including three main 'K' models and two 'KF' variants, but could there be a faster sixth SKU waiting in the wings?

Intel announced its newest desktop processors this week, the Intel Core Ultra 200 series, which is the first desktop processor with a built in NPU for AI workloads.

Intel has annouced its Core Ultra 200S gaming processors, the successor to the Intel Core i9-14900K that launched back in 2023. Instead of being pure gaming chips like their predecessors, though, this lineup, known as Raptor Lake-R, is working NPUs (Neural Processing Units) into the chips for the first time in a desktop processor.

Intel's new desktop Core Ultra 20S Series chips pack a punch -- and they arrive with dedicated NPUs for AI processing.