From product specification leaks to a new photo, Intel’s P-Core only Bartlett Lake-S unreleased processors are getting a lot of attention this week. One has to wonder why a part that has obvious gaming potential is said to be an edge-only/embedded product, but it’s not stopping the PC enthusiast community from keeping a keen eye on trying to see one in action. First off, let’s take a look at a recently leaked lineup of the Core 200E series of P-core only processors. Hardware info leaker Jaykihn provided a spec sheet earlier this week showing SKUs beginning with 8-core/16-thread models going up to 12-core/24-thread processors.
So a quick takeaway is that we can see the Bartlett Lake-S lineup looks to be offered in three TDP tiers at 45 Watts, 65 Watts, and 125 Watts, but then also split up into three configurations with 8c/16t, 10c/20t, and 12c/24t models. At the top of the product stack is the 273PQE with a base clock of 3.4 GHz and 36 MB L3 cache. This is the part being spotlighted by the PC community, and according to this spec sheet, has a single-core boost clock of 5.9 GHz, but the entire 125 Watt series can reach an impressive 5.3 GHz multi-core boost.
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Next up, we have an image of the 273PQE installed on a consumer motherboard. Previous rumors hinted that this Core 200E series of processors could be launched to extend support for the LGA-1700 platform, but then more recent leaks indicated they are only intended for OEM applications and not consumer use. Research by VideoCardz has confirmed that the motherboard in the image is an ASUS ROG Maximus Z790 Apex, but it is not known if the user was able to fully get the CPU running. It’s theorized that a custom BIOS is being used for internal validation and testing, which may include overclocking the processor. Although pure speculation, if overclocking is being done to the 273PQE, it’s possible to likely to go over 6 GHz in tests. Once again, though, many are left scratching their heads, wondering why Intel has opted not to market what is clearly a gaming part despite whatever productivity uses it may have. Anyhow, it’s probably only a matter of time until we see gaming benchmarks leak.