Intel Arc Graphics: New Driver Boosts Performance by 268%!

Intel has launched new drivers for its Arc GPU, which apply to both the standalone desktop Arc graphics cards and the Arc GPUs integrated into the new Core Ultra laptop processors, significantly improving the performance of a range of DirectX 11 and DirectX 12 games.

For the Intel Arc A-series graphics cards, the average performance improvement reached 37.4%, covering a wide range of (mostly DX11) games. For some of these games, the performance improvement is quite noticeable. For example, in the game “Just Cause 4,” using the new drivers can increase the frame rate by up to 268% at “ultra” graphics settings and 1080p resolution.

Below is the complete list of Arc desktop GPU performance improvements provided by Intel (please forgive any translation errors in the game titles):

• Albion Online (DX11): Average frame rate increase of 11% at ultra settings and 1080p resolution
• Anno 1800 (DX11): Average frame rate increase of 33% at ultra settings and 1080p resolution
• Apex Legends (DX11): Average frame rate increase of up to 26% at ultra settings and 1080p resolution
• Assassin’s Creed: Syndicate (DX11): Average frame rate increase of up to 13% at ultra settings and 1080p resolution
• Black Desert Online (DX11): Average frame rate increase of up to 18% at ultra settings and 1080p resolution
• The Elder Scrolls Online (DX11): Average frame rate increase of up to 10% at 4K resolution
• Daemon X Machina 2 (DX11): Average frame rate increase of up to 101% at ultra settings and 1080p resolution
• Fall Guys (DX11): Average frame rate increase of 11% at great settings and 1080p resolution
• Hunt: Showdown (DX11): Average frame rate increase of 27% at high settings and 1080p resolution
• Just Cause 3 (DX11): Average frame rate increase of 160% at very high settings and 1080p resolution
• Just Cause 4 (DX11): Average frame rate increase of 268% at very high settings and 1080p resolution
• New World (DX11): Average frame rate increase of 13% at very high settings and 1080p resolution
• Returnal (DX12): Average frame rate increase of 8% at epic settings and 1080p resolution
• Sid Meier’s Civilization VI: Gathering Storm (DX11): Average frame rate increase of 32% at high settings and 1080p resolution
• Sons of the Forest (DX11): Average frame rate increase of 15% at ultra settings and 1080p resolution
• Space Engineers (DX11): Average frame rate increase of 69% at extreme settings and 1080p resolution
• Star Citizen (DX11): Average frame rate increase of 9% at very high settings and 1080p resolution
• Star Wars: Squadrons (DX11): Average frame rate increase of 6% at ultra settings and 1080p resolution
• Stellaris (DX11): Average frame rate increase of 5% at high settings and 1080p resolution
• Tekken 8 (DX12): Average frame rate increase of 15% at ultra settings and 4K resolution
• The Last of Us Part I (DX12): Average frame rate increase of 8% at very high settings and 1080p resolution
• Warframe (DX11): Maximum average frame rate increase of 20% at high settings and 1080p resolution
• Watch Dogs: Legion (DX11) at extreme settings and 1080p resolution, the average frame rate increases by up to 16%
• XCOM 2 (DX11): Maximum average frame rate increase of 4% at maximum settings and 1080p resolution

For the Intel Arc integrated graphics in the Intel Core Ultra processors, the improvements are not as significant. For example, in the game “The Last of Us Part I,” using “very low” graphics settings and 1080p resolution, there is only a 6% increase in frame rate.

Here is the full list of improvements for the Core Ultra processors provided by Intel:

• Yakuza: Like a Dragon (DX12): Maximum average frame rate increase of 25% at high settings and 1080p resolution
• Returnal (DX12): Maximum average frame rate increase of 6% at low settings and 1080p resolution
• The Last of Us Part I (DX12): Maximum average frame rate increase of 6% at very low settings and 1080p resolution

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