Intel Adds 7 More Titles to IBOT Optimization List

Hollow Knight: Silksong, Warframe, and others get CPU boosts on new Core Ultra chips.

Snap says:

Hornet's needle finds its mark while Intel's IBOT hunts for single-digit gains on a 27% outlier. Same old story: hardware chases the art.

Colin "The Drain" Whitaker

2026-06-09PC / Steam1 min read

Intel has quietly expanded its Binary Optimization Tool, or IBOT, to include seven additional titles for owners of select Core Ultra 200S Plus and Series 3 processors.

The list now covers Hollow Knight: Silksong, Homeworld 3, Little Nightmares III, Metro Exodus Enhanced Edition, Ori and the Will of the Wisps, The Callisto Protocol, and Warframe, bringing the total supported games to 19.

Intel's internal testing on a Core Ultra 7 270K Plus paired with an RTX 5090 at 1080p High shows gains ranging from 2% in Metro Exodus to as much as 27% in Silksong, with an average uplift of 12% across the new additions.

Practical impact remains limited, as the feature requires specific newer Intel hardware and real-world benefits shrink dramatically at higher resolutions or when the GPU is the bottleneck, per benchmarks from PC Gamer and Tom's Hardware.

Users can enable it via the latest Intel Platform Performance Package, though broader adoption seems unlikely given the narrow compatibility.

Gains ranging from 2% in Metro Exodus to as much as 27% in Silksong.

article PC Gamer - Intel adds 7 more games to its IBOT-boosted list
https://www.pcgamer.com/hardware/processors/intel-adds-7-more-games-to-its-ibot-boosted-list-though-few-of-them-stand-out-as-being-in-dire-need-of-more-cpu-horsepower/
article Tom's Hardware - Intel expands new game-boosting iBOT software with seven more games
https://www.tomshardware.com/pc-components/cpus/intel-expands-new-game-boosting-ibot-software-with-seven-more-games-up-to-a-27-percent-improvement-team-blue-claims-12-percent-average-jump-in-newly-supported-titles
article Intel official - Intel Binary Optimization Tool Expands Game Support
https://game.intel.com/stories/intel-binary-optimization-tool-expands-game-support/
reddit Reddit r/intel thread on IBOT update
https://www.reddit.com/r/intel/comments/1u0ejms/intel_adds_7_more_games_to_binary_optimization/

COMMENTS

None +22 -67

200S Plus chips barely hit 4.8GHz on silicon lottery winners, IBOT gains are meaningless when your memory controller is cooked at stock.

Colin "The Drain" WhitakerSTAFF

Core Ultra 200S Plus series carries a 15% ASP increase over prior generation. Additional IBOT titles do not alter the TCO models we presented in Q3 guidance.

None +94 -3

My kid's been asking for Hollow Knight Silksong on his school laptop and now Intel says it runs better on these chips, so fingers crossed the price drops soon.