Intel Q46W Engineering Chip Spotted Online — Meteor Lake-S Without Hyper-Threading and with 6+8 Core Configuration

Photos and specifications of the Intel Q46W engineering processor leaked onlinerelated to Meteor Lake-S familyThis chip stands out because does not support Hyper-Threading on productive cores, while having configuration 6P+8E, which makes it unique in the line.

Judging by the markings, the Q46W sample was produced at 51st week of 2023, that is, after Meteor Lake-S was officially no longer promoted for desktop PCs. Therefore, it is logical to assume that this ES2 level engineering sample, used for internal platform testing FCLGA1851 or 800 series chipsets.

The processor has base frequency of 2.8 GHz and turbo frequency up to 4.5 GHzHis power consumption is declared at 65 W (PL1) and 135 W (PL2). Each performance core is equipped with 2 MB of L3 cache. CPU-Z shows 14 streams (6P + 8E) — due to the lack of multithreading on P-cores. In CPU-Z tests, the chip scores 732.3 points in single-threaded mode and 5760.2 in multi-threaded mode, which roughly corresponds to the mobile Meteor Lake-H.

Integrated graphics have an identifier 8086:7D60, which is missing from the official driver INF files, but after forced installation of the driver, it appeared Possibility of graphic output on the engineering board. Some sellers on the Chinese platform Xianyu claim that the processor works only on specialized motherboards.

So the Q46W remains a rare and unusual example of Meteor Lake architecture, possibly created for internal testing or to evaluate power management efficiency without enabling Hyper-Threading.