cover
Hardware

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

Hassan Mujtaba

CPU Temperatures

Intel's Arrow Lake "K" SKUs come with a default TDP of 125W and a PL2 rating of 250W for the Ultra 9 285K and 159W for the 245K. The chips can be set to performance or extreme mode using the BIOS software from each respective motherboard vendor.

Temperatures (Stock)
Gaming Load
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
0
40
80
120
160
200
240
Intel Core i5-12600K
54
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K (Performance)
55
AMD Ryzen 5 5600X3D
56
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X3D
57
Intel Core i5-13600K
57
AMD Ryzen 7 5800X
59
Intel Core Ultra 5 245K (Extreme)
60
Intel Core i5-14600K
62
AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
64
Intel Core i9-12900K
71
Intel Core i7-13700K
70
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D
75
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K (Performance)
76
AMD Ryzen 5 9600X
80
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K (Extreme)
82
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X3D
82
AMD Ryzen 7 9700X
83
AMD Ryzen 9 9900X
84
AMD Ryzen 5 7600X
85
AMD Ryzen 9 9950X
85
Intel Core i9-14900K (Baseline)
86
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
87
AMD Ryzen 7 7700X
87
AMD Ryzen 9 7950X
88
AMD Ryzen 7 7900X
89
Intel Core i7-14700K
90
Intel Core i9-13900K (Performance)
90
Intel Core i9-14900K (Performance)
90
Intel Core i9-14900KS (Baseline)
94
Intel Core i9-14900KS (Performance)
97

You can find additional information about our hardware review process and ethics policy here.

Hassan Mujtaba Photo

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.

Follow Wccftech on Google to get more of our news coverage in your feeds.

Button