Intel Launches Core 7 245HX with Specs Identical to Ultra 5 235HX
According to official page information, Intel has quietly launched a new mobile processor, the Core 7 245HX. The biggest highlight of this chip is not its performance parameters, but the fact that it does not carry any Core Ultra brand identifier, making it the first non-Ultra product in the ArrowLake-HX series.
The Core 7 245HX adopts a 14-core, 14-thread configuration with 6 performance cores + 8 efficiency cores, a maximum boost frequency of 5.1GHz, and is equipped with 24MB of cache. The processor's base power consumption is 55W, and the maximum turbo power consumption is 160W.
The integrated graphics card has 3 Xe cores with a maximum frequency of 1.8GHz and an NPU computing power of 13 TOPS.
These parameters are exactly the same as the already launched Core Ultra 5 235HX, with the same core layout, the same frequencies, the same cache, the same power consumption limits, and even the same lack of support for ECC memory.
Most importantly, there is already a Core Ultra 5 245HX in Intel's product line. Both are called 245HX but are completely different models with different specifications.
The Ultra 5 245HX supports ECC memory and Intel vPro Enterprise, equipped with AMT management functions, a higher P-core base frequency (3.1GHz), and a higher core display frequency of 1.9GHz.
In other words, the Core 7 245HX aligns its specifications with the Ultra 5 235HX, not the Ultra 5 245HX with the same number.
Intel's confusion in mobile product naming in recent years is nothing new. From Core Ultra to Core, from digital numbering to HX suffixes, consumers often need to compare parameters one by one to confirm which chip they are buying.