“Game Changer: Intel’s Arrow Lake 200S CPUs Revolutionize Performance with Recent Update!”

The January BIOS update for Intel’s Core Ultra 200S “Arrow Lake” brings a performance boost of up to 26% in gaming and as much as 97% in synthetic applications.

Intel Core Ultra 200S “Arrow Lake” CPUs Microcode to Enhance Both Gaming Performance and Latency with the Upcoming BIOS Update

Once again, Intel asserts that their ‘new’ BIOS update will rectify the gaming performance issues of the Arrow Lake series, particularly the desktop variants of the Core Ultra 200S. There have been numerous updates and statements in recent weeks regarding this, but there appeared to be minimal to no enhancements in gaming, even with the microcode 0x114.

Intel has persistently attempted to enhance gaming performance through various BIOS updates sent to its board partners but has largely encountered setbacks. However, in their latest presentation, Intel claims that the forthcoming BIOS patch could potentially enhance gaming performance by approximately 17.5% on average. This is based on data provided by Intel, thus it should be viewed with skepticism.

As indicated in the slide, Intel evaluated one of its Arrow Lake processors (model not revealed) with the latest patch and observed performance improvements of up to 26% in Cyberpunk 2077, up to 7% in Assassin’s Creed Mirage, up to 21% in DOTA 2, and up to 16% in Far Cry 6. These are the only four games examined, but the specifications or settings utilized for these tests were not disclosed.

Intel asserts that synthetic performance also sees enhancement with this patch, yielding around 52% improvement in single-thread Cinebench 2024, an astonishing 97% increase in 3DMark Time Spy Overall, up to 10% in 3DMark Time Spy CPU, and an up to 30% decrease in latency as observed in AIDA64 Memory latency.

The stated 52% improvements in single-threaded evaluations seem overly optimistic, as this is significantly higher compared to advancements seen between generations. Currently, the single-core score of Core Ultra 9 285K in the Cinebench 2024 assessment is 140–145 points; thus, a 52% increase would imply 212–220 points, which appears implausible and potentially misleading.

Regardless, we will await the rollout of the BIOS patch to determine the actual performance effects on both gaming and synthetic testing of the Intel Core Ultra 200S “Arrow Lake” desktop processors.

News Source: @anshelsag