- Intel unveils Intel Core Ultra Series 2 processors to MWC 2025
- Processors offer significant performance improvements
- Intel announces a supply chain assured for some OEM
Intel has lifted the veil on its latest commercial offers – a range of new ultra basic processors designed for a range of workstations.
Based on the success of Lunar Lake Core Ultra 200v, Intel now adds Ultra 200u nuclei, 200h, 200h and 200s under the designation Arrow Lake.
Revealed at MWC 2025, the 200U will expand the performance of the range of thin and light laptops of Intel, while the 200h and 200hx are designed for portable performance computers. The years 200 will be the beating heart of a range of offices and workstations. Arrow Lake devices will start the expedition in March 2025.
Better productivity and performance
By digging in statistics, the Intel Core Ultra 7 265U offers a higher comparative analysis through a range of Cinebench, Geekbench and Procyon on its 165u counterpart. In particular, the 265U offers an increase in performance up to 1.30 times for the Procyon video edition.
As for the 265h during the 165h, the statistics are just as impressive. Offering between 1.01x and 1.60x stimulation in performance in the same references. Simulate the potential performance increases that an upgrade could provide, Intel compared the 265h against an Intel Core i7-1185g7 4 years old, and made an improvement of 2.84x in the Cinebench 2024 reference and an improvement of 2.42x for the Geekbench 6.3 multicore test.
Regarding the performance of competitors, Intel claims that the ultra 265h nucleus has passed beyond the Snapdragon X Elite-X1e-80-100, and offers an improvement of 15% compared to Ryzen AI 760 of AMD in the unique Cinebench 2024 tests.
“2025 is a pivotal year for PC Rafesh,” said David Feng, Vice-President of the Customer IT group and Managing Director of Customers Segments at Intel, “and with Intel Core Ultra (series 2), we provide the most advanced commercial systems to date.”
Intel assured supply chain
Intel has also announced that certain Intel Core Ultra Series 2 products will benefit from a guaranteed supply chain, which means that certain manufacturers will be able to provide a system on chip (SOC) which shows a digitally affected chain in the silicon manufacturing process, allowing greater control over purchases for governments and sensitive data managers. This program will be available in the second half of 2025.
“Intel has long been a leader in the manufacture of safe, transparent and reliable semiconductors, and the Intel’s assured supply chain program is another step forward in strengthening confidence in the technology that fuels our customers’ critical operations,” said Jennifer Larson, General Manager, Segments of Commercial Customers, Customer Group, Intel.
