{"id":204406,"date":"2026-04-16T21:33:33","date_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:33:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/intel-refreshes-non-ultra-core-cpus-with-new-silicon-for-the-first-time\/"},"modified":"2026-04-16T21:33:33","modified_gmt":"2026-04-16T21:33:33","slug":"intel-refreshes-non-ultra-core-cpus-with-new-silicon-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/intel-refreshes-non-ultra-core-cpus-with-new-silicon-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel refreshes non-Ultra Core CPUs with new silicon for the first time"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Intel&#8217;s Core Ultra laptop CPUs have been its flagships ever since it retired the older generational branding scheme and the i3\/i5\/i7\/i9 branding a few years back. The <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2023\/12\/intel-intros-first-meteor-lake-chips-with-faster-gpus-and-worse-single-core-speed\/\">Core Ultra Series 1<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2024\/09\/testing-intels-next-gen-core-ultra-200v-cpus-ok-performance-great-battery-life\/\">Series 2<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/02\/intel-panther-lake-core-ultra-review-intels-best-laptop-cpu-in-a-very-long-time\/\">Series 3<\/a> processors been the ones with the newer CPU and GPU designs, and newer manufacturing technology.<\/p>\n<p>Intel has also offered non-Ultra Core CPUs, but these have never been particularly interesting, mostly because both the <a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2024\/01\/intel-freshens-up-its-old-laptop-and-desktop-cpus-with-speed-bumps-new-names\/\">Series 1<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intel.com\/content\/www\/us\/en\/products\/sku\/238771\/intel-core-7-processor-250u-12m-cache-up-to-5-40-ghz\/specifications.html\">Series 2<\/a> chips were based on Intel&#8217;s old Raptor Lake architecture. Raptor Lake was the code name for 2023&#8217;s 13th-generation Core family, and most versions of Raptor Lake were the same silicon used for 2022&#8217;s 12th-generation Core CPUs.<\/p>\n<p>But the naming and renaming of Raptor Lake apparently couldn&#8217;t last forever. <a href=\"https:\/\/newsroom.intel.com\/client-computing\/intel-launches-intel-core-series-3-processors-changing-the-game-for-everyday-computing\">Intel&#8217;s new, non-Ultra Core Series 3 processors<\/a> are new silicon, a return to the days when you could expect high-end and midrange Intel chips to include many of the same advancements despite their performance differences.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/04\/intels-non-ultra-core-cpus-are-new-silicon-this-year-for-a-change\/\">Read full article<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/arstechnica.com\/gadgets\/2026\/04\/intels-non-ultra-core-cpus-are-new-silicon-this-year-for-a-change\/#comments\">Comments<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wpematico_credit\"><small>Powered by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wpematico.com\" target=\"_blank\">WPeMatico<\/a><\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intel&#8217;s Core Ultra laptop CPUs have been its flagships ever since it retired the older generational branding scheme and the i3\/i5\/i7\/i9 branding a few years back. The Core Ultra Series 1, Series 2, and Series 3 processors been the ones with the newer CPU and GPU designs, and newer manufacturing technology. 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