Intel's Arrow Lake CPUs were up to 30% slower than expected, and now we finally know the reasons why.

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Intel’s promised Arrow Lake autopsy details up to 30% loss in performance

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Intel has come forward with a detailed explanation of the issues that plagued the launch of its Core Ultra 200-series desktop processors, codenamed Arrow Lake, which debuted to underwhelming reviews in October. The tech giant has identified five key problems that contributed to the discrepancy between their internal performance expectations...Read Entire Article

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Intel identifies five major issues that affected Arrow Lake CPU launch performance

Intel originally promised that the 0x114 microcode update would significantly improve the gaming potential of their Arrow Lake processors by 3-8%. However, test tests from Techpowerup show that there has been no significant increase in performance. BIOS updates with 0x114 microcode for platforms based on the Z890 chipset were scheduled to be presented in January 2025, but Asus was ahead of expectations and... Did The post Intel fail gamers? The …

Изначально корпорация Intel обещала, что обновление микрокода 0x114 значительно улучшит игровой потенциал их процессоров Arrow Lake в пределах 3-8%. Однако тестовые испытания от Techpowerup свидетельствуют о том, что значительного роста производительности не наблюдается. Обновления BIOS с микрокодом 0x114 для платформ на базе чипсета Z890 планировалось представить в январе 2025 года, однако Asus опередила ожидания и... The post Intel подвела гей…

Intel подвела геймеров? Ожиданный прирост производительности процессоров Arrow Lake от обновления BIOS с микрокодом 0x114 не оправдался

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Did Intel fail gamers? The expected increase in the performance of Arrow Lake processors from the BIOS update with the 0x114 microcode did not come true

Intel’s recently released Arrow Lake processors were notable for the wrong reasons. Performance was found to be more than a little disappointing, particularly for gamers. A fix was promised, and one has been delivered. The fix takes the form of a not only an update to Windows, but also a BIOS update. But it does not end there. Intel says that it will be releasing a further update in January which will introduce additional performance optimizatio…

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Intel has released one fix for poor Arrow Lake performance, and has another in the pipeline

Intel's new Core Ultra 200-series desktop processors, codenamed Arrow Lake, launched to seriously underwhelming reviews back in October. Now the American firm has collated five issues that it says are to blame for the difference between its own performance expectations and what reviewers experienced, with four of the five problems described as being already resolved by BIOS, Windows or application updates, and further performance enhancements to…

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Intel explains what went wrong with its new Arrow Lake desktop CPUs

Intel’s Arrow Lake processors have faced criticism for gaming performance, falling short of the previous Raptor Lake generation. Key issues include the lack of a Power Performance Management package in Windows, which affected clock speeds and performance metrics. The Application Performance Optimizer’s functionality was also compromised, leading to further gaming performance losses. Although Intel has […]

Intel’s promised Arrow Lake autopsy details up to 30% loss in performance

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