Intel Core Ultra 9 285K: Single-Core King, Multi-Core Lags in Benchmark
Leaked benchmarks show Intel's Core Ultra 9 285K crushing single-core tests, but its multi-core performance lags due to lack of hyperthreading.
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Dominates Single-Core Performance, But Multi-Core Scores Lag Intel's upcoming flagship desktop CPU, the Core Ultra 9 285K, has appeared on PassMark, showcasing impressive single-core performance but disappointing multi-core results. The 24-core processor, part of Intel's new Arrow Lake-S lineup, achieved a remarkable single-threaded score of 5,268, exceeding its predecessor, the Core i9-14900K (4,743), Apple's M3 (4,777), and AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X (4,739). This signifies a significant 11% single-core performance improvement over the i9-14900K. Hyperthreading's Absence Impacts Multi-Core Performance: However, the Core Ultra 9 285K's multi-core performance falls short of expectations. With a score of 46,872, it lags behind the Ryzen 9 9950X (66,702) and even its predecessor, the i9-14900K (60,305). The reason for this discrepancy is the lack of hyperthreading support on the Core Ultra 9 285K's 8 performance cores, effectively limiting it to…