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Intel Core Ultra 9 285K & Core Ultra 5 245K “Arrow Lake” CPUs Review: Prioritizing Efficiency Over Performance

Hassan Mujtaba

CPU Power Consumption Tests

The Intel Core Ultra 200S "Arrow Lake" Desktop CPUs come with a slightly modified IHS which is equipped over the tiled CPU die. This IHS features a soldered design with gold plating underneath to ensure good heat dissipation and thermal conductivity. The socket also features a revised ILM mechanism called RL-ILM (Reduced-Load) to provide optimal pressure for the socket and the CPU.

Power Consumption (Stock) Stress Test (Full system)
Load
Idle
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
0
100
200
300
400
500
600
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
292
66
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
302
75
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K (Performance)
306
77
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
319
82
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
321
95
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
321
79
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
322
88
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K (Extreme)
324
90
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
330
92
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
333
109
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
344
112
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
350
102
Intel Core i5-12600K
364
120
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
369
101
Intel Core i5-13600K
360
105
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
364
122
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K (Performance)
366
99
Intel Core i7-12700K
375
110
Intel Core i5-14600K
378
118
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
379
105
Intel Core i9-14900K (Baseline)
380
130
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
381
110
Intel Core i7-13700K
383
123
Intel Core i9-12900K
411
128
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K (Extreme)
413
114
Intel Core i9-13900K (Performance)
452
134
Intel Core i7-14700K
468
135
Intel Core i9-14900K (Performance)
492
162
Intel Core i9-14900KS (Baseline)
533
180
Intel Core i9-14900KS (Performance)
582
185
Power Consumption (Stock/Avg) Gaming Test
Load
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
Intel Core i9-14900KS (Performance)
192
Intel Core i9-14900KS (Baseline)
164
Intel Core i9-14900K (Performance)
145
Intel Core i9-13900K (Performance)
144
Intel Core i7-14700K
141
Intel Core i7-13700K
137
Intel Core i9-14900K (Baseline)
136
Intel Core i9-12900K
136
Intel Core i7-12700K
136
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
132
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K (Extreme)
114
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
110
AMD Ryzen 9 7900X
108
Intel Core i5-14600K
105
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X (PBO)
102
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
100
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X (PBO)
98
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K (Performance)
95
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
94
Intel Core i5-13600K
94
Intel Core i5-12600K
92
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X (PBO)
88
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K (Extreme)
85
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X (PBO)
84
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
79
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
77
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
77
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X (ECO 65W Mode)
77
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D (ECO 65W Mode)
74
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X ECO 65W Mode)
71
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
68
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K (Performance)
68
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
66
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
58

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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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