{"id":87303,"date":"2023-12-23T02:28:55","date_gmt":"2023-12-23T02:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hardwaretimes.in\/?p=87303"},"modified":"2023-12-23T02:28:57","modified_gmt":"2023-12-23T02:28:57","slug":"intel-1st-gen-core-ultra-meteor-lake-cpus-get-13-faster-following-firmware-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hardwaretimes.in\/intel-1st-gen-core-ultra-meteor-lake-cpus-get-13-faster-following-firmware-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel Core Ultra Meteor Lake CPUs are 13% Faster After this Firmware Update"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Intel&#8217;s 1st Gen Core Ultra CPUs had a disappointing debut, with AMD&#8217;s Ryzen 7000 chips <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardwaretimes.com\/intel-1st-gen-core-ultra-meteor-lake-cpus-are-slower-than-ryzen-7000-and-are-power-hogs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">beating them<\/a> comfortably. Not only is Meteor Lake slower than its year-old Phoenix rivals, but it also draws more power. This is despite new core architectures (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hardwaretimes.com\/intel-14th-gen-meteor-lake-cpu-cores-almost-identical-to-13th-gen-its-a-tic\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">It&#8217;s a Tic<\/a>) and the 4nm-class Intel 4 process node. There is some good news. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ultrabookreview.com\/66513-asus-zenbook-14-ux3405-review\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">According to UltrabookReview<\/a>, a new BIOS update improves not only the performance but the power efficiency as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hardwaretimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Intel-Meteor-Lake-H-720x406.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89372\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Upon updating the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Zenbook 14 OLED<\/span> to BIOS 203, a <mark style=\"background-color:#8ed1fc\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">12.5%<\/mark> performance uplift was observed in Cinebench. The single and the multi-core scores improved while seeing a reduction in average power consumption. This indicates that future updates may further optimize lightly and heavily threaded workloads, leaving latency-sensitive applications as the weak point.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote quote-solid is-layout-flow wp-block-quote quote-solid-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">In Cinebench R23<\/mark>, the CPU starts at <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">50W<\/span> and ends up around <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">35W<\/span> for the best-effort run. For the 10 min loop, it starts at 50W and then gradually drops and stabilizes at around 28W (after about 5-6 minutes it gets to 28W).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">201:<\/mark> CineBench R23: CPU <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">12357 pts<\/span> (best run), CPU <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">11342 pts<\/span> (10 min loop test), CPU Single Core <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1751 pts<\/span> (best run);<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><mark style=\"background-color:#ffffff\" class=\"has-inline-color has-black-color\">203:<\/mark> CineBench R23: CPU <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">13873 pts<\/span> (best run), CPU <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">12132 pts<\/span> (10 min loop test), CPU Single Core <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">1761 pts<\/span> (best run);<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>All review units were distributed with <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">pre-release firmware<\/span>, which, according to multiple testers, suffers from unoptimized power delivery. The latest firmware update fixes a scheduling problem caused by early power measurement, granting nifty gains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hardwaretimes.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/intel-meteor-lake-720x405.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-89134\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now, it&#8217;s hard to tell how much improvement we can expect from software and firmware optimizations. From early reviews, it&#8217;s clear that the Core Ultra Meteor Lake CPUs have a <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">higher peak power<\/span> consumption than AMD&#8217;s Ryzen 7000 parts. Some OEMs may optimize their designs to leverage this flaw, and we may see better-performing notebooks in the future.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Intel&#8217;s 1st Gen Core Ultra CPUs had a disappointing debut, with AMD&#8217;s Ryzen 7000 chips beating them comfortably. Not only is Meteor Lake slower than its year-old Phoenix rivals, but it also draws more power. This is despite new core architectures (It&#8217;s a Tic) and the 4nm-class Intel 4 process node. There is some good &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":87292,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,3],"tags":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/hardwaretimes.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Intel-Meteor-Lake-Launch-e1701784585794.jpg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":87128,"url":"https:\/\/hardwaretimes.in\/intel-core-ultra-meteor-lake-cpus-are-slower-than-13th-gen-raptor-lake-at-higher-power-limits\/","url_meta":{"origin":87303,"position":0},"title":"Intel Core Ultra Meteor Lake CPUs are Slower than 13th Gen Raptor Lake at Higher Power Limits","author":"Areej","date":"December 7, 2023","format":false,"excerpt":"Intel's upcoming Core Ultra CPUs are being marketed as the most power-efficient processors ever designed by it. While that may be true, Meteor Lake looks relatively meek in the performance department. 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