Intel Core Ultra 7 270K Plus: 5 key things to know

How times have changed. Intel today is a far cry from a decade ago, when it still dominated in desktop CPU performance. In recent years, we’ve witnessed back-to-back disappointments across Team Blue’s last few CPU generations. The sin of Arrow Lake, its last release? Minor performance gains that left enthusiasts indifferent—and gave AMD the opportunity to pummel Intel.

But this week sees the launch of Intel’s newest consumer desktop CPUs—Core Ultra 200S Plus, aka Arrow Lake Refresh processors.