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Arrow Lake fell far short of expectations from gamers and enthusiasts. It was a one-two punch for Intel, not only falling short of AMD’s competition on the X3D front in games, but also barely matching the regular Zen 5 range in applications.

Now, Intel is trying to make a big impact with Arrow Lake Refresh. Intel has launched the Core Ultra 270K Plus and 250K Plus at competitive price points in an effort to regain some of the ground they lost with Arrow Lake, and both chips have earned a spot among the best CPUs for gaming .

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