Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU Up To 26% Faster Than Core i9-14900K In V-Ray Benchmark

Sep 23, 2024 at 02:20am EDT
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K CPU Up To 26% Faster Than Core i9-14900K In V-Ray Benchmark 1

Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K "Arrow Lake" Desktop CPU has been tested within the V-Ray benchmark, showcasing an impressive uplift over 14900K.

Intel Arrow Lake vs Raptor Lake CPU Showdown In V-Ray Benchmark: Core Ultra 9 285K Over 25% Faster Than 14900K

We have seen several benchmark leaks of the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, the flagship Arrow Lake CPU, before its launch next month. The CPU is looking like a very decent upgrade over the 14900K & the same pricing plus the lower power consumption does seem quite enticing for users planning to do a PC upgrade.

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Intel Core Ultra 9 285K 24 Core / 24 Thread CPU

The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K will be the flagship CPU within the Core Ultra 200 "Arrow Lake" Desktop CPU lineup. This chip features 8 P-cores based on the Lion Cove core architecture and 16 E-cores based on the Skymont core architecture. The chip will feature 24 threads and offer 36 MB of L3 and 40 MB of L2 cache for a total of 76 MB cache pool. The CPU will operate at a base clock of 3.7 GHz on the P-Core and 3.2 GHz on the E-Core while the maximum boost clocks are rated at 5.7 GHz for the P-Cores and 4.6 GHz for the E-Cores. The CPU will be set at a PL1 TDP of 125W and have an MTP of 250W.

Image Source: V-Ray Benchmark

Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K "Arrow Lake" CPU has now been tested at V-Ray which is a 3D rendering software and the first entry scored 44,883 vsamples points. For comparison, the Core i9-14900KS scores 36,924 while the Core i9-14900K scores 35,558 in the same benchmark. This marks an uplift of 22% over the 14900KS and 26% over the 14900K which is very impressive in this multi-threaded test since the Arrow Lake CPU has 24 threads versus 32 threads on the 14th Gen parts.

V-Ray Benchmark (Higher is Better)
Score
0
9000
18000
27000
36000
45000
54000
0
9000
18000
27000
36000
45000
54000
Ryzen 9 9950X
49360
Core Ultra 9 285K
44883
Ryzen 9 7950X
40070
Ryzen 9 9900X
40015
Core i9-14900KS
36924
Core i9-14900K
35558
Ryzen 9 7900X
30209

Compared to AMD, the Ryzen 9 9950X does end up around 10% faster but that's mostly due to the Zen 5 architecture performing much better in this particular benchmark. The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K is faster than the Ryzen 9 9900X which has the same number of threads and also faster than the Ryzen 9 7950X, outperforming both by around 12%.

This generational performance uplift is the thing to focus on here and if we can see similar gains in a range of other multi-threaded benchmarks then Arrow Lake CPUs such as the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K are looking great. We can expect more information in the coming month since the launch is planned for 24th October.

News Source: HXL (@9550pro)

About the author: A Software Engineer by training and a PC enthusiast by passion, Hassan Mujtaba serves as Wccftech's Senior Editor for hardware section. With years of experience in the industry, he specializes in deep-dive technical analysis of next-generation CPU and GPU architectures, motherboards, and cooling solutions. His work involves not only breaking news on upcoming technologies but also extensive hands-on reviews and benchmarking.

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