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Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
Benchmarks & Specs

Name: Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
Brand: Intel
Rating: 3.1 (535 reviews)

Last updated: 2026-06-03

Table of Contents

Summary
Benchmarks
Specifications
User Reviews
Popular Comparisons

Summary

The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K presents itself as an outstanding processor for demanding tasks. It belongs to the current top class of Intel CPUs and sets new standards. Its basis is the advanced Arrow Lake architecture. This chip is manufactured in a state-of-the-art 3 nm process. This ensures excellent efficiency with strong computing power at the same time.

You can tell how smoothly everything runs with it. In Cinebench 2024, it scored 145 points in the single-core test. Its multi-core performance was very robust with 2416 points. This makes it extremely versatile in many areas. It masters demanding applications such as video editing effortlessly. It is also well equipped and convincing for comprehensive multitasking.

The integrated graphics unit is called Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs. It also belongs to the current Arrow Lake generation. With its generous 40 MB L2 and 36 MB L3 cache, the processor ensures fast data access. It also offers full support for PCIe 5.0. This enables future-proof connections for the latest hardware.

Its maximum memory bandwidth reaches up to 102 GB/s. The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K is definitely a very good choice for anyone who needs high performance.

Advanced Arrow Lake Architecture
Manufactured in 3 nm process
Strong Single and Multi-Core Performance
Comprehensive PCIe 5.0 Support

Benchmarks

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance

Rank 5 / 474
In segment Desktop

Multi-core performance

Rank 20 / 454
In segment Desktop

Cinebench 2026 Single-Thread
Single-core performance

24C / 24T · 5.50 GHz

587 pts

24C / 24T · 5.70 GHz

581 pts

16C / 32T · 5.60 GHz

575 pts

32C / 32T · 4.06 GHz

573 pts

28C / 28T · 4.06 GHz

573 pts

Cinebench 2026 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

28C / 28T · 4.06 GHz

10,477 pts

16C / 32T · 5.60 GHz

10,080 pts

24C / 24T · 5.70 GHz

9,763 pts

24C / 32T · 6.00 GHz

9,758 pts

24C / 32T · 6.00 GHz

9,758 pts

Cinebench 2024 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 24T · 5.70 GHz

145 pts

8C / 16T · 5.60 GHz

144 pts

24C / 24T · 5.50 GHz

144 pts

24C / 32T · 6.20 GHz

142 pts

28C / 28T · 4.06 GHz

142 pts

Cinebench 2024 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.20 GHz

2,504 pts

24C / 24T · 5.50 GHz

2,439 pts

24C / 24T · 5.70 GHz

2,416 pts

16C / 32T · 5.40 GHz

2,400 pts

16C / 32T · 5.60 GHz

2,395 pts

Cinebench R23 Single-Core
Single-core performance

24C / 32T · 6.20 GHz

2,398 pts

24C / 24T · 5.70 GHz

2,380 pts

24C / 32T · 6.00 GHz

2,358 pts

24C / 32T · 6.00 GHz

2,358 pts

18C / 18T · 5.30 GHz

2,356 pts

Cinebench R23 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

16C / 32T · 5.00 GHz

42,871 pts

16C / 32T · 5.00 GHz

42,720 pts

24C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

42,620 pts

16C / 32T · 5.00 GHz

42,246 pts

24C / 32T · 5.90 GHz

40,976 pts

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

12C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

3,280

24C / 24T · 5.50 GHz

3,277

24C / 24T · 5.70 GHz

3,275

24C / 24T · 5.60 GHz

3,248

28C / 28T · 4.06 GHz

3,240

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

64C / 128T · 3.20 GHz

26,562

28C / 28T · 3.60 GHz

26,210

24C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

25,870

32C / 64T · 4.80 GHz

25,442

24C / 48T · 4.20 GHz

25,340

Geekbench 5, 64bit Single-Core
Single-core performance

8C / 16T · 5.60 GHz

2,641

24C / 32T · 6.20 GHz

2,484

24C / 24T · 5.70 GHz

2,458

24C / 32T · 6.00 GHz

2,412

24C / 32T · 6.00 GHz

2,412

Geekbench 5, 64bit Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

32C / 64T · 4.00 GHz

29,745

24C / 32T · 5.90 GHz

28,051

24C / 24T · 5.40 GHz

27,376

24C / 32T · 5.70 GHz

26,972

24C / 32T · 5.70 GHz

26,972

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)

1,993

Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)

1,993

Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)

1,989

Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake)

1,985

AMD Radeon RX Vega 11 (Raven Ridge)

1,971

AI performance (NPU)

6C / 12T · 4.30 GHz

16.0 TOPS

8C / 16T · 4.20 GHz

16.0 TOPS

8C / 16T · 4.20 GHz

16.0 TOPS

8C / 16T · 3.65 GHz

16.0 TOPS

24C / 24T · 3.70 GHz

13.0 TOPS

More benchmarks

Cinebench 2026 (ST)
218 entries

Cinebench 2026 (MC)
219 entries

Cinebench 2024 (SC)
427 entries

Cinebench 2024 (MC)
422 entries

Cinebench R23 (SC)
690 entries

Cinebench R23 (MC)
665 entries

Geekbench 6 (SC)
1,989 entries

Geekbench 6 (MC)
1,927 entries

Geekbench 5 (SC)
2,512 entries

Geekbench 5 (MC)
2,483 entries

FP32 SP (iGPU)
2,219 entries

PassMark CPU-Mark
2,504 entries

CPU performance per watt (efficiency)
140 entries

AI performance (NPU)
218 entries

Specifications

At a glance

Property	Value
Family	Intel Core Ultra 9 (12)
CPU group	Intel Core Ultra 200 AL-S (20)
Architecture	Arrow Lake
Technology	3 nm
Segment	Desktop
Socket	LGA 1851
Generation	2
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

Property	Value
CPU Cores / Threads	24 / 24
Hyperthreading / SMT	✗
Core architecture	hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1:	8x Lion Cove 3.70 - 5.70 GHz
Core Cluster 2:	16x Skymont 3.20 - 4.60 GHz
L2-Cache	40.00 MB
L3-Cache	36.00 MB
Overclocking	Intel Thermal Velocity Boost Intel Turbo Boost Max Intel XMP

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

Property	Value
GPU name	Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)
GPU frequency	0.30 - 2.00 GHz
CUs / Shader	4 / 512
Raytracing	✓
Max. displays	3
Max. GPU Memory	32 GB
Technology	5 nm
Release date	Q3/2024

NPU AI performance

Property	Value
AI hardware	Intel® AI Boost
AI specifications	Intel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU	37 TOPS

Memory & PCIe

Memory type	Memory bandwidth
DDR5-6400	102.4 GB/s
Property	Value
Max. Memory	256 GB
Memory channels	2
ECC	✓
PCIe	5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth	78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

Property	Value
TDP	125 W
TDP (PL2)
TDP up	250 W
TDP down
T. junction max.	105 °C

Technical details

Property	Value
Chip design	Monolithic
AES-NI	✓
Operating systems	Windows 11, Linux
Instruction set	x86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensions	SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release date	Q4/2024
Release price	589 $
Documents	Technical data sheet

User Reviews

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