The launch of the Intel Core Ultra 200S was surrounded some controversy because its performance in applications and synthetic tests is very good, but in games it did not meet Intel’s expectations.

The results it depends on the games usedbut on average the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, which is the most powerful of this generation, is slightly slower than the Intel Core i9-14900K in most cases.

The average differences are not very large. In my analysis al Intel Core i9-14900K was 2.37% faster on average than the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K in 1080p and I have seen in other analyzes that the difference can be between 4% and 5%, always depending, as I said, on the games used.

Fact is, Intel has confirmed that it has identified several issues that could be to blame for these lower-than-expected levels of gaming performance, saying that is working on their solution. This information is provided by Robert Hallock, who commented on some interesting details.

Theoretical, The errors are at the operating system level and also at the BIOS level.meaning that software updates and a new BIOS would need to be released to resolve this situation. Hallock acknowledged that it was a lesson in humility and that they wouldn’t stop until they got to the bottom of the matter to solve it.

A new BIOS will arrive between the end of this month and the beginning of December. It will be interesting to see if this actually makes a significant difference, and it is very likely that I will repeat my in-game tests to get new data and compare it to the analysis I shared with you.

Hallock promised it will offer a detailed explanation about everything that might have affected the gaming performance of the Core Ultra 200S, and also provided some additional information about the removal of HyperThreading technology from this generation of processors.

In short, they removed this technology because makes the product more expensiveincreases the package size and power consumption and also became security issuebecause many of the most serious attacks that have emerged in recent years use this technology.

A CPU without HyperThreading is therefore a cheaper, more efficient and safer CPU. Three improvements that Intel defines as the company’s entry into a new era. I was able to confirm that the improvements that the Core Ultra 200S offers in terms of consumption and temperatures are remarkable and that it represents a step in the right direction by the company.