Several of the very first tests of Intel’s new Core Ultra CPUs haven’t produced numbers you can trust, and that’s a good thing.
Dramatic performance increase
Because the laptops tested with an early BIOS version perform worse than after an update. The problem lies in the fact that the first BIOS versions, which strangely enough have been delivered to a number of testers, have far less efficient energy delivery than is optimal. An example is the Cinebench R23 performance which increases with 12.5 percent with Asus Zenbook 14 OLED UX340 after updating to BIOS version 203.
That’s a dramatic improvement, especially considering that routine software and firmware updates don’t often provide any performance improvements at all. Intel has already confirmed that they are working on several updates, and Asus is one of the very first that is ready to deliver a fresh update to the first testers. Now we wonder if there are further performance improvements to be had – probably nothing close to this, but at least a couple of percent?
It is not impossible because this is Intel’s first chiplet chip design, i.e. a number of components on the same chip:
Image: Intel The proof that it is the delivery of energy that is not optimal. Photo: Golden Pig Upgrade
2023-12-26 09:03:43
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