100+ Linux Benchmarks Of Intel Arrow Lake With New BIOS / 0x114 CPU Microcode

This past week Intel published an Intel Core Ultra 200S Series "Arrow Lake" performance status update following mixed reviews since launch around the Arrow Lake gaming performance that were inconsistent with Intel's internal findings. Among Intel's findings detailed in their report this past week were some new BIOS performance optimizations, some misconfigured performance settings in early/reviewer BIOSes, and also some Windows 11 updates being pushed down to help with different performance issues. ASUS already started releasing new BIOSes that incorporate the 0x114 Arrow Lake intended to help the situation. While it's been a Windows-focused issue, I couldn't help but to run Intel Arrow Lake performance comparison benchmarks on Linux with the new microcode / BIOS.

Following Intel's public report, motherboard vendors have begun rolling out new BIOS updates that incorporate the 0x114 microcode for Arrow Lake S processors. Further BIOS updates are expected in January but being curious if the initial updates are anything meaningful for Linux users, I spent the holiday weekend running benchmarks with the Core Ultra 9 285K.

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