Intel has held a special event in China presenting its upcoming Core Ultra 200H(X) series mobile processors. In addition to the performance and efficiency improvements, these chips aim to elevate laptop users’ gaming experience through the inclusion of new AI features.
First announced during CES 2025, Intel is showing new facets of its Core Ultra 200H and HX CPU series. Starting with overall architecture refinements, the brand claims 40% better power efficiency compared to last-gen, allowing it to deliver higher performance at the same power budget. Intel states that in Counter-Strike 2, the Core Ultra 9 275HX offers an 8% uplift over Core i9-14900HX when configured at the same 125W.
While an 8% bump in performance may feel small, we need to keep in mind that this is a gaming scenario, which is contingent on a device’s GPU as well as the CPU. Gaming aside, Intel claims up to 10% performance boost in single-threaded workloads, and up to 19% in multi-threaded ones. Tasks that saw the most uplifts include Blender and POV-Ray, improving by 29% and 31% respectively against the 14900HX.
The brand also shared some efficiency figures, putting the Core Ultra 9 275HX as 40% more efficient than the 14900HX at 55W. Though said efficiency will differ depending on the power configuration, 40% at 55W seems good since the CPU’s Max TDP is 57W. In other words, the chip should sit close to its maximum efficiency curve when fully loaded.
Alongside its performance claims, Intel also presented a new feature powered by the CPU’s built-in NPU (Neural Processing Unit) meant to help gamers. The brand is working with game developers to integrate a game assistant feature, similar to Nvidia’s Project G-Assist. The idea is to help users stuck on a boss fight or wondering how to do certain things in the game. They will be able to ask the AI using text or voice prompts about strategies to adopt and obtain real-time assistance without leaving the game.
The Core Ultra 200HX series will carry up to 8 P-cores plus 16 E-cores, followed by the H series packing up to 6 P-cores, 8 E-cores, plus 2 LPE-cores. The first laptops featuring these chips are hitting the market, bundled with RTX 50 Series GPUs.
