Intel
Core Ultra 9 285K
Arrow Lake flagship — 24-core hybrid, LGA1851.
$484.88
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Our take on the Core Ultra 9 285K
The Core Ultra 9 285K is Intel's productivity flagship — a 24-core Arrow Lake chip that is efficient and very strong in multi-threaded applications. In pure gaming it generally trails AMD's X3D parts, but for a workstation-leaning build that also games, it is a clean, capable modern platform.
Strengths
- +Excellent multi-core and productivity performance
- +Efficient hybrid core design
- +Modern LGA1851 platform
Trade-offs
- –Behind X3D chips in pure gaming
- –New socket has a shorter proven upgrade history than AM5
Best for: Productivity-first builds that also game.
Specifications
- Cores/Threads
- 24/24
- P-core Boost
- 5.7 GHz
- E-core Boost
- 4.6 GHz
- L3 Cache
- 36MB
- TDP
- 125W
- Socket
- LGA1851