Intel Arrow Lake Core Ultra 200S Tested: Competitively Priced With Creator Performance

Intel has released its new Core Ultra 200S series Arrow Lake-S processors, marking a shift in its desktop CPU strategy with symmetrical core/thread counts and a dedicated 13 TOPS NPU. The series features a disaggregated tiled design for the first time in Intel's desktop chips, focusing on efficiency and power reduction. The Core Ultra 5 245 and Ultra 9 285K deliver strong performance, particularly in creator workloads, competing well with AMD's Ryzen CPUs, while the Ultra 9 285K's price undercuts AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X significantly. Overall, the platform offers leading-edge features, competitive pricing, and solid performance for creators, gamers, and workstation professionals.