Some games have seen more than a doubling in performance.
New drivers for Intel’s Arc GPUs, unifying previously separate drivers for desktop Arc graphics cards and the Arc GPU integrated into new Core Ultra laptop processors, have led to significant performance increases for a range of DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 games
The average performance increase for Intel’s Arc A-series graphics cards is 37.4 percent across a wide range of (mostly DX11) games, but for some titles the figure is much higher. In the game Just Cause 4, with the new drivers, you should see a 268 percent increase in frames per second with “Very High” graphics settings and 1080p resolution.
Here are the complete list of improvements, as provided by Intel, for Arc desktop GPUs:
- Albion Online (DX11)
- Up to 11% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
- Anno 1800 (DX11)
- Up to 33% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra High settings
- Apex Legends (DX11)
- Up to 26% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
- Assassin’s Creed Syndicate (DX11)
- Up to 13% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra High settings
- Black Desert Online (DX11)
- Up to 18% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
- Elder Scrolls Online (DX11)
- Up to 10% average FPS uplift at 4K with Ultra settings
- Elex II (DX11)
- Up to 101% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
- Humankind (DX11)
- Up to 11% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Fantastic settings
- Hunt: Showdown (DX11)
- Up to 27% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings
- Just Cause 3 (DX11)
- Up to 160% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Very High settings
- Just Cause 4 (DX11)
- Up to 268% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Very High settings
- New World (DX11)
- Up to 13% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Very High settings
- Returnal (DX12)
- Up to 8% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Epic settings
- Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Gathering Storm (DX11)
- Up to 32% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings
- Sons of the Forest (DX11)
- Up to 15% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
- Space Engineers (DX11)
- Up to 69% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Extreme settings
- Star Citizen (DX11)
- Up to 9% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Very High settings
- Star Wars Squadrons (DX11)
- Up to 6% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
- Stellaris (DX11)
- Up to 5% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings
- Tekken 8 (DX12)
- Up to 15% average FPS uplift at 4K with Ultra settings
- The Last of Us Part 1 (DX12)
- Up to 8% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
- Warframe (DX11)
- Up to 20% average FPS uplift at 1080p with High settings
- Watch Dogs: Legion (DX11)
- Up to 16% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Ultra settings
- XCOM 2 (DX11)
- Up to 4% average FPS uplift at 1080p with Maximum settings
The improvements are not as impressive for Intel Core Ultra processors with Intel’s Arc integrated graphics. As an example, with the graphics settings “Very Low” and 1080p resolution in the game The Last of Us Part 1, you should only see a 6 per cent increase in frames per second.
