Intel's new mobile CPUs are pretty average

Intel's got some new laptop CPUs - the Core Ultra H, codenamed Meteor Lake, using the "Intel 4" fabrication process. These are 28W parts (except for the Core Ultra 9 185H, which is 45W), so compete in the same space as Apple's M3 Pro/Max and AMD's Zen4 CPUs. According to Notebook Check's initial benchmarks on a pre-production Asus ZenBook 14 with a Core Ultra 7 155H inside, it's still a long way behind the M3 Pro and Ryzen 7840U in terms of power efficiency and even worse than the previous generation i7-1360P. The Arc-based internal GPU however (which is fabricated by TSMC) is pretty bloody good in synthetic benchmarks and better than the Radeon 780M in the Zen 4 CPUs, but suffers in real-world use as the Arc drivers and game support just isn't at the same level as AMD's Radeon. Looks like Intel still has a long way to go before it's back to being competitive with Apple and AMD unfortunately.