Intel Application Optimization: New Titles and Better Gaming Performance

Your system’s secret weapon simply acquired stronger – Intel® Application Optimization (APO) is stepping up its recreation.

With the most recent replace, Intel is increasing APO help to incorporate 15 new recreation titles, delivering sooner body charges for easy, immersive gaming. Whether you’re exploring expansive open worlds, battling in fast-paced shooters, or overcoming opponents in team-based fight, APO is now working behind the scenes that can assist you get probably the most out of your Intel® Core™ Ultra processor.

We are excited so as to add the next video games to the Intel APO lineup:

• 7 Days to Die
• Assetto Corsa
• Cities: Skylines
• Delta Force: Black Hawk Down
• Deus Ex: Mankind Divided
• Dyson Sphere Program
• EA Sports FC 24
• God of War
• Kerbal Space Program 2
• Like a Dragon: Infinite Wealth
• Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition
• The Callisto Protocol
• Wolfenstein Youngblood
• World of Warships
• 蜀山初章

This replace is being rolled out to our companions now. Please examine along with your motherboard vendor for extra data on launch timing and newest updates. 

These titles be a part of a growing list of supported games that profit from optimizations designed to enhance CPU gaming body charges. Thanks to higher CPU thread scheduling and cargo balancing, avid gamers can anticipate as much as 14% extra efficiency in Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition and as much as 11% in Dyson Sphere Program1.

APO is configuration dependent, that means efficiency outcomes and supported recreation experiences can differ based mostly on system arrange. Factors resembling CPU mannequin and graphics card answer affect how APO optimizations are utilized. Game efficiency might differ throughout techniques, and customers ought to anticipate some variability relying on their {hardware} surroundings.

Check out among the FPS efficiency positive aspects throughout the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K when paired with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090 in these new APO titles:

 

Another manner APO advantages avid gamers is with improved 1% lows, representing the bottom body charges your recreation may expertise. These moments might be very quick, however can really feel like ‘stutter’ or ‘judder’, even when the typical FPS is excessive. Improving these lows could make the sport really feel a lot smoother.

How to allow APO

If you’re operating a supported processor, enabling APO is comparatively easy:

1. Make positive your system is suitable
   1. Have a supported processor listed beneath
   2. Ensure you’re operating Windows 11
   3. Have the most recent BIOS and chipset drivers
2. Download and set up Intel® Dynamic Tuning Technology (DTT)
   1. APO is delivered by way of the Intel DTT driver. You can discover this driver in your motherboard’s help web page.
   2. Once the driving force is put in, APO is robotically enabled for sooner gaming.
   3. APO updates are utilized robotically as soon as the Intel DTT driver is put in.
3. Download and set up the Intel APO UI (elective)
   1. Available by way of the Microsoft Store
   2. This interface lets you view and handle game-specific APO settings
4. Stay tuned for updates
   1. As Intel continues to broaden APO recreation help, your system will robotically be up to date

Processors supported by APO

Desktop	Mobile
Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285K Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 265K Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 265KF Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 245K Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 245KF Intel® Core™ i9 14900KS Intel® Core™ i9 14900K Intel® Core™ i9 14900KF Intel® Core™ i7 14700K Intel® Core™ i7 14700KF Intel® Core™ i5 14600K Intel® Core™ i5 14600KF	Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285HX Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 275HX Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 265HX Intel® Core™ Ultra 7 255HX Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 245HX Intel® Core™ Ultra 5 235HX Intel® Core™ i9 14900HX Intel® Core™ i7 14700HX

 

Processors with restricted Advanced Mode help

All different processors (with 6 P-cores or extra)

Intel® Core™ Ultra 9,7, 5 Desktop Processors (Series 2) Intel® Core™ processors (Series 2) Intel® Core™ Desktop and Mobile Processors (14th gen) thirteenth Gen Intel® Core™ Desktop and Mobile Processors twelfth Gen Intel® Core™ Desktop and Mobile Processors

 

Unlike conventional recreation optimizations, APO is hardware-aware. It leverages the hybrid structure of Intel Core processors (P-cores and E-cores) to assign threads based mostly on the sport’s real-time calls for. This ensures higher thread scheduling, decreased thread rivalry, and decrease latency in CPU-bound situations.

More video games. More efficiency. More causes to recreation on Intel.

TL:DR: We’re rolling out a brand new wave of Intel APO recreation profiles. In our testing, video games like Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition confirmed as much as 14% increased FPS and as much as 21% higher 1% lows on video games like Dyson Sphere Program when gaming on the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K paired with an NVIDIA GeForce RTX 5090.

 

Workload and Configuration Details

1. As measured by World of Warships, 蜀山初章, Wolfenstein: Youngblood, The Callisto Protocol, Cities: Skyline, Dyson Sphere Program, and Metro Exodus on an Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 285K processor, exhibiting Intel Application Optimization (APO) disabled vs enabled. Individual system outcomes might differ as energy and efficiency are affected by use, configuration, and different components. Performance outcomes are based mostly on testing as of August 2025.
   Processor: Intel Core Ultra 9 processor 285K 24C24T; PL1=PL2=250W; Memory: G.SKILL 2 x 16 GB DDR5-6400; Motherboard: ASUS ROG Hero Z890; BIOS: 1602; Storage: Samsung SSD 990 PRO 2TB; Display Resolution: 1920×1080; OS: Microsoft Windows 11 Pro 26100.4946; Discrete Graphics Card: NVIDIA RTX 5090; Discrete Graphics Driver: 32.0.15.8097; Power Supply: Corsair RM1200x; Power Plan: High Performance; Tamper Protection: On; VBS: On; Defender: On

 

Notices and Disclaimers

Intel® Application Optimization is a coverage inside Intel® Dynamic Tuning Technology that optimizes efficiency on choose video games, with the required configurations on choose Intel® Core™ processors. See Intel.com (https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/articles/000095419.html) for added particulars and see ark.intel.com for product data.

Performance varies by use, configuration and different components. Learn extra on the Performance Index site.
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