Intel has confirmed that the recent launch of the Core Ultra 200S series, including the flagship Core Ultra 9 285K CPU, has not met its expectations in terms of gaming performance. The company has acknowledged the performance issues and plans to release updates by the end of November or early December to address them.

In an interview with HotHardware, Robert Hallock, Intel's VP and GM of client AI and technical marketing, discussed the underperformance of the new flagship Core Ultra 9 285K CPU. He mentioned that the performance in reviews was not what Intel expected or intended, and it was reminiscent of AMD's recent Zen 5 Ryzen 9000 Series launch where performance fell below internal expectations.

Hallock confirmed that Intel has identified a series of multifactor issues at the OS and BIOS levels and will release a comprehensive update. The update is expected to improve the gaming performance of the Core Ultra 9 285K CPU, although it is unlikely to match the performance of AMD's new Ryzen 7 9800X3D CPU, which is currently seen as the best CPU for PC gaming.