Intel APO Now Available In 26 Games: Faster Performance On Core Ultra 200S & 14th Gen CPUs – Wccftech
Intel has been busy expanding the availability of its Advanced Performance Optimization (APO) technology to more games, giving users with Core Ultra 200S and 14th Gen CPUs a notable performance boost in a variety of titles. APO is an Intel-designed library for game developers, making it simpler to integrate support for threading across multi-core and multi-threaded CPUs to optimize performance.
The number of titles that now support APO has expanded to 26, up from the initial 14 at the time of launch. The updated list of games benefiting from Intel APO now includes:
• Atomic Heart
• Cyberpunk 2077
• Death Stranding Director’s Cut
• Dauntless
• Deliver Us The Moon: Fortuna
• Everspace 2
• F1 22
• F1 23
• Forza Horizon 5
• Ghostwire: Tokyo
• God of War
• Hogwarts Legacy
• Hitman 3
• Immortals Fenyx Rising
• Insurgency: Sandstorm
• Marvel’s Spider-Man Remastered
• Microsoft Flight Simulator
• Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
• Nier Automata
• No Man’s Sky
• Project Zomboid
• Red Dead Redemption 2
• The Day Before
• War Thunder
• World of Tanks
This comprehensive list demonstrates Intel’s dedication to continually expanding the range of supported games. While APO has been introduced primarily for new game releases, some older titles also benefit from this optimization.
What precisely is Intel APO? It functions as an API designed for developers to optimize their games and achieve the most beneficial multi-core performance, primarily with Intel’s high-end processors. To take advantage of APO, game developers need to incorporate its library into their engine.
APO primarily targets the high-performance CPUs like the Core Ultra 200S series and the Raptor Lake lineup of 14th Gen Intel processors. When enabled in supported titles, APO provides enhanced multi-threaded performance in demanding situations. Game enthusiasts have noted that the improvement is often noticeable. Although APO is exclusive to Intel CPUs, this doesn’t stop games from supporting different technologies for performance enhancement, such as AMD’s FSR, DLSS from NVIDIA, and Intel’s own XeSS. These technologies may still be integrated regardless of the CPU being used.
This extended support for Intel APO across various titles represents a significant advantage for users of Intel’s current-gen processors. Notably, the company has established itself as a dominant force in the PC gaming segment due to its commitment to performance-oriented products and continuous enhancement through optimizations like APO.
