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 has announced its next-generation Core Ultra 200 series CPUs, aka Arrow Lake, and they go on sale Oct. 24. The big selling point with these CPUs is Intel has taken drastic measures to reduce power consumption—and now leaked slides from MSI back up these claims. They're the first numbers we've seen for Arrow Lake that don't come from Intel.

For the last several years, every new generation from Intel has felt like a make-or-break moment. Now, with , the stakes are even higher. Intel is facing unprecedented financial troubles, and although it still makes some of the ,