Intel’s new Core Ultra 200S processors have met with a relatively different reception; But there are positive and negative points about these CPUs. Although gaming performance is not the strong point of these processors, it is satisfactory in administrative and processing matters. As many gamers have been eagerly waiting for the integrated graphics performance of the mentioned processors, it is very important to check their performance with and without discrete graphics.
Unfortunately, the initial benchmark results of Intel Core Ultra 200S show that the integrated graphics performance of this processor is not at a powerful level with the discrete graphics; But its performance alone is considered satisfactory. Apparently, the integrated graphics performance of the Intel Core Ultra 200S processor has exceeded expectations. Unlike previous generations, this processor uses powerful integrated graphics based on the Arc Alchemist architecture.
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ETA Prime tested Intel’s Core Ultra 9 285K processor; A processor whose integrated graphics has 4 Xe cores with a frequency of 2000 MHz. On paper, these specifications are at a lower level compared to the integrated graphics of AMD APUs. The benchmark results show a big jump in the gaming performance of the Intel processor, and the integrated graphics of the Core Ultra 9 285K is on par with the Nvidia GTX 1050 Ti graphics card.
The integrated Core Ultra 9 285K graphics achieved a score of 2,288 in the 3DMark Time Spy test, which is only 2% lower than the GTX 1050 T’s score of 2,336. GTX 1050 Ti is considered one of the most popular economic gaming graphics cards of the Pascal series and can run most games at medium settings and at a speed of 40 to 60 frames per second.
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ETA Prime tests evaluate the integrated graphics performance of the Core Ultra 9 285K when running various games. Based on the results of these tests, the said processor can run most games with a satisfactory frame rate and 1080p resolution and medium graphics settings.
The important thing is that most of the time, the power consumption of the Core Ultra 9 285K processor does not exceed 60 watts and remains between 50 and 80 watts. This feature shows that Core Ultra 200S has a significant advantage in terms of energy consumption compared to its previous generation when playing games on integrated graphics.
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The integrated graphics performance of the Core Ultra 200S series is still far from the integrated graphics of the AMD Ryzen 8000G series processor; But its performance improvement compared to its previous generations is commendable. Not using the new Xe2 cores in Arrow Lake chips is a missed opportunity for Intel; Because according to what we have seen about Lunar Lake, and especially at lower power consumption, it could have offered more attractive integrated graphics.
AMD’s Zen 5 or Zen 4 processors come with only 2 RDNA 2 computing units; For this reason, the Arrow Lake series offer much better performance in terms of integrated graphics; But gamers who use these processors will most likely use a discrete graphics card to achieve much better performance.
In theory, the performance of Core Ultra 7 265K and Core Ultra 5 245K should be at the same level; Because the number of xe cores of their integrated graphics is similar; But the Core Ultra 5 245K has a lower frequency.
Finally, if you plan to buy a gaming computer without a separate graphics card, Ryzen 8000G series processors are a better option; Because they offer better performance at a much cheaper price than their Intel counterparts.
