How in the world are Intel GPUs still improving so much? The latest driver update claims up to a 31% fps improvement in Resident Evil Requiem

Intel graphics don't get much screen time against the weight of AMD and Nvidia, but say what you want about Arc GPUs, they just keep on improving. This is clear enough from the latest driver, the release notes for which claim some significant performance improvements in certain games.

The release notes for WHQL driver 32.0.101.9150 (PDF warning) claim a whopping 31% average fps uplift in Resident Evil Requiem at 1080p on medium settings for Core Ultra 2 (Lunar Lake) integrated Arc GPUs. That drops just a couple of per cent to 29% when on high settings.

There are other big boosts too: 18% for Assassin's Creed Shadows at 1080p, high settings, and 11% for Assassin's Creed Valhalla at 1080p on high, plus some more smaller boosts.

Intel Core Ultra Series 3 (Panther Lake) integrated GPUs get a more moderate boost of 5% for F1 25 at 1080p on medium settings. And Arc B-series graphics cards get a 6% boost in Avatar: Frontiers of Pandora and Monster Hunter Rise, both at 1440p on high settings.

Nothing quite as big as the uplift Lunar Lake supposedly sees, but still enough to show that there's a 'fine wine' element across the Arc stack. Although based on our experience here at PC Gamer, it's less of a case of 'good to great' and more 'temperamental to reliable'.

Lowest price per GPU

We've been measuring the lowest available price of each current-gen GPU since August 14, 2025.

Lowest pricing (Price, $)

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Nvidia RTX 5080

Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti

Nvidia RTX 5070

Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB

Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB

Nvidia RTX 5060

Nvidia RTX 5050

AMD RX 9070 XT

AMD RX 9070

AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE

AMD RX 9060 XT 16 GB

AMD RX 9060 XT 8 GB

Intel Arc B580

Intel Arc B570

Lowest pricing Data

Timestamp (Week)	Nvidia RTX 5080 (Price, $)	Nvidia RTX 5070 Ti (Price, $)	Nvidia RTX 5070 (Price, $)	Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 16 GB (Price, $)	Nvidia RTX 5060 Ti 8 GB (Price, $)	Nvidia RTX 5060 (Price, $)	Nvidia RTX 5050 (Price, $)	AMD RX 9070 XT (Price, $)	AMD RX 9070 (Price, $)	AMD Radeon RX 9070 GRE (Price, $)	AMD RX 9060 XT 16 GB (Price, $)	AMD RX 9060 XT 8 GB (Price, $)	Intel Arc B580 (Price, $)	Intel Arc B570 (Price, $)
1	1100	780	550	430	368	300	250	700	600	N/A	370	280	260	230
2	1099	750	550	430	340	300	250	700	600	N/A	370	270	260	230
3	1000	750	524	430	370	291	250	700	550	N/A	370	280	250	230
4	1000	750	546	430	345	296	250	695	550	N/A	370	280	250	230
5	1000	749	481	430	340	300	250	670	600	N/A	350	270	250	230
6	929	749	499	379	340	289	240	670	600	N/A	350	270	250	230
7	999	750	520	430	350	299	240	650	550	N/A	350	270	250	230
8	980	749	500	430	342	299	250	650	550	N/A	350	270	250	200
9	999	750	500	430	323	299	250	650	560	N/A	350	270	250	220
10	989	730	480	430	340	299	250	600	550	N/A	360	270	250	210
11	990	699	489	400	320	280	230	600	550	N/A	340	250	250	200
12	989	730	500	400	320	279	220	600	530	N/A	350	275	250	200
13	1000	750	527	420	342	279	220	600	530	N/A	350	280	250	200
14	1000	750	540	420	313	279	220	600	530	N/A	370	280	250	202
15	1000	749	499	430	350	279	200	600	530	N/A	380	288	240	202
16	1100	750	499	430	350	270	200	620	530	N/A	380	288	240	202
17	1230	750	549	430	330	260	235	660	580	N/A	390	310	250	200
18	1268	829	540	450	330	290	240	700	580	N/A	390	310	250	200
19	1380	899	549	450	330	299	240	720	580	N/A	400	310	260	200
20	1350	1000	620	520	330	299	240	720	600	N/A	440	310	290	200
21	1365	950	620	520	351	299	260	730	590	N/A	440	350	290	250
22	1365	950	620	520	360	299	260	730	630	N/A	400	346	300	250
23	1290	950	630	520	360	340	260	730	630	N/A	440	346	300	250
24	1290	950	625	520	360	340	260	730	620	N/A	440	346	300	250
25	1250	950	630	550	360	349	260	730	610	N/A	440	346	300	250
26	1260	950	604	550	360	349	290	730	610	N/A	440	340	300	250
27	1290	950	640	570	360	349	290	730	630	N/A	440	340	300	250
28	1250	900	630	515	390	349	290	720	620	N/A	440	346	290	250
29	1290	990	636	500	390	349	290	710	620	N/A	449	350	290	250
30	1290	990	630	500	390	330	290	710	620	N/A	440	350	290	260
31	1290	990	599	500	380	330	290	670	620	N/A	440	350	290	260
32	1290	990	599	515	380	310	290	710	620	N/A	430	360	290	260
33	1290	980	599	490	400	349	290	710	600	N/A	430	360	290	260
34	1270	980	599	550	380	349	290	710	620	N/A	440	360	290	260
35	1290	900	599	550	380	350	290	700	600	N/A	430	360	304	260
36	1250	980	599	550	370	340	290	700	600	550	440	360	300	260
37	1250	980	599	570	370	340	290	700	600	550	440	350	304	250
38	1250	980	599	570	370	340	290	700	600	550	440	350	304	250
39	1250	920	599	570	330	340	290	700	600	500	400	360	298	250
40	1250	955	599	565	330	340	290	700	600	500	430	360	291	260
41	1250	900	560	560	330	339	290	700	600	500	430	360	290	250
42	1250	950	550	570	380	350	290	690	635	550	450	360	290	260
43	1290	1030	755	650	420	359	299	720	650	500	470	370	310	260
44	1479	1088	763	780	420	N/A	299	720	650	500	470	400	310	260
45	1550	1150	800	773	389	359	299	730	630	530	460	360	310	260
46	1550	1150	759	570	389	359	299	740	650	530	470	400	310	260
47	1450	1150	725	570	389	359	299	740	650	520	470	409	310	260
48	1450	1150	779	780	389	359	N/A	760	650	500	470	430	330	260
49	1653	1150	779	780	488	380	310	760	667	570	500	450	330	260

When our Dave reviewed the Intel Arc B580, he concluded that it's a great budget GPU when it works, but there are games where it doesn't perform well and some where it doesn't work at all. Things have improved since then, but Intel GPUs are still more inconsistent than Nvidia and AMD ones.

Both Intel Lunar Lake (eg, Arc 140V) and more recent Panther Lake (eg, Arc B390) are very efficient GPUs that make for some snappy laptops—especially the latter. But there's always a risk of inconsistency in games, and giant performance improvements from driver updates testify to this.

Still, the continued improvement is great to see, even for older Arc GPUs. Especially considering Intel graphics cards are some of the cheapest modern ones and have managed to stave off a lot of the impact of the global memory shortage. As you can see from the chart above, the cheapest Arc B570 and Arc B580 cards have stayed relatively stable in price, and very cheap for the current market.

At any rate, whether you're rocking a discrete Intel GPU or some integrated Arc graphics, you might want to check out your performance in some of those games after an update. You can download the latest driver here.