Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K pre-launch benchmarks continue to show up with the latest showing strong performance per watt over the previous flagship.
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU at 250W Is Faster & Consumes Lower Power Than The Core i9-14900KS at Extreme Mode
Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K is going to be the flagship in the Arrow Lake "Core Ultra Series 2" lineup and this chip has now been benchmarked at its unlimited 250W power profile, showcasing some great multi-threading performance uplifts along with efficiency improvements versus the previous generation.
The newly leaked benchmarks of the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU come from Lê Duy Thanh on the social platform, Facebook. It is stated that the CPU was running at the unlimited 250W power profile and was running within Cinebench R23's multi-threaded tests.
The CPU can be seen running at a peak temperature of 76C and an average temperature of 59C which is much lower than the 100C+ temps that the Core i9-14900K and Core i9-14900KS run at using their Performance and Extreme power plans. It is unknown what cooling was used or if the clocks were modified but as per I_Leak_VN, the only changes that have been made are the power profiles along with a few BIOS tweaks outside of clock speed adjustments.
285K r23 scores with 250W power limit (after some optimized BIOS settings)https://t.co/HaMVL6bjgm pic.twitter.com/I4oQ9VJ3cy
— I_Leak_VN (@I_Leak_VN) October 19, 2024
In terms of performance, the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU scored 45,563 points which is 10% faster than the Core i9-14900K running at its "Performance" mode which goes up to 253W and beyond & also 6% faster than the Core i9-14900KS which hits over 300W+ power using its Extreme mode. The AMD Ryzen 9 9950X leads with a score of 46,904 points in the same benchmark at its 253W power mode. Even at 200W, the 9950X is very competitive.
Cinebench R23 (Higher is Better)
Why this score is really impressive is the fact that the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU only features 24 threads versus the 32 threads on the Core i9-14900K, 14900KS, and the AMD Ryzen 9 9950X. The i9-14900K and 14900KS also run at much higher clock speeds with the 14900K operating at up to 6.0 GHz while the 14900KS operates at 6.2 GHz versus the 5.7 GHz peak clock of the 285K. The Raptor Lake CPUs also run very hot and consume a lot of power, and both of these factors have been fixed and tuned for Arrow Lake CPUs, dropping power usage by as much as 188W and delivering up to 17C lower temperatures.
The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU will be launching on the 24th of October with pre-orders already up. The CPU will be accompanied by the Core Ultra 7 265K and the Core Ultra 5 245K alongside a range of Z890 motherboards which offer extremely high-speed memory support and other I/O & power delivery upgrades.
News Source: I_Leak_VN
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