Intel spoils mobile gamers. We got two new strongmen
Intel expands the offer of mobile processors. The company announced the series Core Ultra 200HX Pluswhich goes to the most powerful laptops for gamers, content creators and mobile workstations. Two systems join the family to start with: Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus and Core Ultra 7 270HX Plus.
Laptops with these systems are already on sale
The first one mentioned is 24 cores (8P+16E) and 24 threads clocked up to 5.5 GHz. It is to be up to 8% faster than its predecessor, the Core Ultra 9 285HX. Comparison to the older Core i9-12900HX looks even better. Here we are even talking about an increase in gaming performance of up to 62%. The second of the new CPUs offers: 20 cores (8P+12E) and 24 threads with a clock speed of up to 5.3 GHz. Unfortunately, the Blues did not boast any further results here.
As with desktop Intel Arrow Lake Refresh, one of the key changes is increasing the D2D frequency by up to 900 MHz. This improves communication between the processor and the memory controller, reduces latency and actually translates into higher gaming performance.
The new processors also support Intel Binary Optimization Tool. It is an optimization mechanism operating at the binary translation layer level, which is intended to improve application performance. Especially if they were prepared for a different architecture or older platforms.
Laptops with Intel Core Ultra 200HX Plus are supposed to support Wi-Fi 7, Bluetooth 5.4 and Thunderbolt 5. This last element looks particularly interesting, as it provides up to 80 Gb/s of bidirectional bandwidth. This will be important not only when connecting fast SSDs, but also high resolution monitors or docking stations.
The first laptops and Mini PCs go on sale in March, with additional models to follow later, depending on the schedules of individual manufacturers. Companies such as Acer, ASUS, Alienware, Colorful, Dell, HP, MAINGEAR, Mechrevo, MSI, Origin, Puget and Razer have already announced their machines.
