Intel asserts productivity dominance with its Core Ultra 200HX CPUs
Intel declares their Core Ultra 200HX CPUs as mobile performance and connectivity kings at CES
At CES 2025, Intel brought their Core Ultra 200 series Arrow Lake CPUs to laptops, delivering more performance and connectivity to mobile PC platforms. Now, we have seen what these new Intel CPUs are capable of, and we are impressed. For “enthusiast notebooks,” Intel is launching their Core Ultra 200HX series CPUs.
These processors feature up to 24 cores (8 P + 16 E), maximum clock speeds of up to 5.5 GHz and up to 48 PCIe lanes for connectivity. With these CPUs, Intel promises more performance, greater power efficiency, and connectivity than their last-generation HX-series CPUs. Additionally, these new processors add a 13 TOPS APU to Intel’s HX lineup.
When compared to AMD’s Ryzen AI HX 370, Intel’s new Core Ultra 9 285HX promises users much more multi-threaded CPU performance. Below, we can see that Intel’s CPU delivers 42-103% more performance in Intel’s tested workloads.
Intel’s CPU delivered 42% more performance in Geekbench 6.3, 203% more performance in the Blender 4.3.0 benchmark, and 44% faster performance in the OpenFOAM fluid simulation benchmark. Overall, these are solid results from Intel.
Below, Intel claims that their new Core Ultra 285HX can deliver 25% more performance at the same power as AMD’s Ryzen AI HX 370 CPU. Given the power constraints of mobile systems, power efficiency is a critical factor. As such, power efficiency advantages are a big deal.
When compared to Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Elite X1E-84-100 CPU, Intel claims to deliver 50% more performance at the same power as Qualcomm’s processor. With these results, Intel’s new Ultra 9 285HX dominates Qualcomm’s offering. Unless Qualcomm has something new launching soon, I wouldn’t expect them to gain market share in the high-end laptop space.
When will Intel’s Core Ultra 200HX CPUs be released?
Intel has confirmed that their new Core Ultra 200HX CPUs will be released this quarter. These CPUs will be paired with next-generation discrete GPUs. This means that Intel’s Core Ultra 200HX systems will benefit from generational leaps in CPU and GPU performance. That’s a win-win for buyers.
Boosted Connectivity
With their Arrow Lake HX mobile CPUs, Intel is giving their customers “full platform connectivity”. Basically, Intel’s new Core Ultra HX CPUs have more or less the same connectivity options as Intel’s Core Ultra 200S series CPUs. This will allow manufacturers to give users more ports and connectivity options than before. This is great news for those who want their laptops to act as workstations or anyone who wants a lot of ports on their new laptop.
Overall, what Intel has delivered here is a solid generational improvement. We have performance gains, efficiency gains, and a launch timeframe that coincides with the release of new discrete GPUs.
Now that Intel has launched their Core Ultra 200HX series, the question now is what AMD and Qualcomm have to respond to it.
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