Intel’s Core Ultra 200H and 200HX processors represent a bold leap forward for mobile gaming and content creation, setting a new benchmark for performance and efficiency.

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So far, we’ve seen Intel Core Ultra 200V impress in thin and light laptops like the Asus Zenbook S14. And now at CES 2025, Intel is taking it to the next level with the debut of 200U for budget-end systems, 200HX for bleeding edge gaming systems, and 200H for a nice middle ground.

The new Core Ultra 200HX series will be targeted at gaming laptops and should deliver around 5 percent better single-thread performance and 20 percent multithread performance improvements over previous Raptor Lake-H Refresh processors.

Intel showcases its Core Ultra 200 series of processors with performance enhancements for AI PCs and edge computing at CES 2025.

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According to Intel, new gaming CPUs like the Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX and 275HX will offer significantly better gaming performance.

There are a total of 11 new Core Ultra 200HX processors. As far as their design is concerned, they’re nearly identical to the Core Ultra 200S desktop processors that Intel debuted last year. The difference is that the company traded off some performance for lower power usage and a more compact form factor.

Intel has announced the new Core Ultra 200HX and 200H laptop chips here at CES 2025. The HX parts are the most interesting to PC gamers, as the chips most likely to power your next gaming laptop, so let's get into those first.