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This new Intel gaming CPU is an old chip in disguise, according to leak
It looks as though a new Intel gaming CPU for laptops is actually based on the company’s last-gen tech, according to a benchmark leak that’s shown up in the Geekbench Results Browser. The listing shows a new Intel Core 7 250H processor, but unlike Intel’s other Core 200-series CPUs, this chip appears to be based on the aging Raptor Lake architecture used in Intel’s 13th and 14th-gen Core CPUs.
The new lineup of Intel Arrow Lake gaming CPUs for the desktop is expected to launch in the near future, but we’ve already seen the first Core 200 chips in the form of the Intel Lunar Lake platform. So far, Intel has distinguished its Raptor Lake laptop CPUs by using the old Core i-series branding on chips, while its Meteor Lake CPUs use the Core 100-series names. However, the new Intel Core 7 250H looks like it’s a 200-series chip only in name.
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