Intel Core Ultra “Meteor Lake” Laptops Listed In The US, Starting at $1049 & Available on 18th December
The first Intel Meteor Lake laptops powered by the Core Ultra CPUs are now appearing at various online retailers in the US.
The MSI Prestige AI EVO is the first Meteor Lake CPU-powered laptop that is being listed in the US and features the Core Ultra 7 155H & Core Ultra 5 125H SKUs. The laptops are available in both 16" and 13" variants and have been listed for prices that start at $1049 US which looks very affordable so let's start with the specs.
In terms of specifications, the Intel Core Ultra 7 155H "Meteor Lake" CPU features a 6+8+2 config. This includes 6 Performance cores based on the Redwood Cove architecture, 8 Efficiency cores on Crestmont architecture, and an additional two E-Cores using the same architecture that is found within the SOC tile. The clock speeds of the chip are rated at 3.8 GHz base and 4.8 GHz boost with TDPs rated at 28-35W. The CPU also offers 24 MB of L3 cache.
As for the MSI Prestige laptops, the base configuration seems to be priced at $1049 US and comes packed with a 13.3" QHD OLED display with 16 GB of LPDDR5-6400 memory, 512 GB NVMe SSD storage, and an integrated Arc graphics chip for display. The laptop weighs 2.18 lbs and supports the latest IO such as WIFI 7 and Bluetooth 5.4 using the Intel Killer BE1750 chipset. You also get 2 Thunderbolt 4 (Type-C) ports, a single USB 3.2 Gen 1 Type-A Port, and 65W PD charging through the USB Type-C port. There are three variants listed at Newegg which include:
(Note: The $1049 US variant is based on the Core Ultra 5 125H and not the Core Ultra 7 155H as mentioned in the listing. You can see the specs sheet in the listing which states the CPU is the Core Ultra 5 125H).
You will note a lack of discrete GPUs on these laptops since these laptops
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