Core Ultra 9 285K vs Ryzen 9 9950X: Arrow Lake flagship shines in multi-core test in latest Geekbench listing

We have been getting a steady stream of Arrow Lake leaks over the past months. This includes the pre-release performance information regarding the flagship Core Ultra 9 285K. The CPU has once again stopped by Geekbench to give us another look at what Intel might have in store for fans in October.

Before we dive into the results, it is important to mention that the Arrow Lake flagship Core Ultra 9 285K in question was running inside an Asus ROG Maximus Z890 Apex motherboard alongside 48 GB of DDR5-7200 memory. The CPU also had a base and boost clock of 3.7 and 5.7 GHz respectively.

Core Ultra 9 285K benchmark

In the latest Geekbench 6 showing, the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K managed a single-core score of 3,420 and a multi-core result of 23,376. The new multi-core result is slightly better than a Geekbench listing from last month.

More importantly, the Core Ultra 9 285K vs Ryzen 9 9950X battle seems to be a tough fight for AMD in the multi-threaded department. According to numbers reported by Wccftech, the Ryzen 9 9950X scores around 20,550 points in the Geekbench 6 multi-core benchmark. This makes the Core Ultra 9 285K 14% faster than the AMD chip. 

On the other hand, the Core Ultra 9 285K’s single-core performance is in line with the Ryzen 9 9950X as the current Geekbench 6 listing only seems to be 2% faster than the Zen 5 CPU.

Moving on to Core Ultra 9 285K vs Core i9-14900K, the Arrow Lake chip appears to lead its Raptor Lake predecessor by 11% in the single-core and 12% in the multi-core Geekbench 6 benchmark. This is a solid result especially when we consider that Intel has promised a big efficiency boost for Arrow Lake.

Core Ultra 9 285K specs

The Core Ultra 9 285K is expected to be the flagship Arrow Lake CPU. The processor reportedly packs 24 cores (8 P-cores + 16 E-cores), 24 threads, a base clock of 3.7 GHz, and a boost clock of up to 5.7 GHz. The CPU, like other Arrow Lake offerings, doesn’t include any Hyperthreading, a choice that was reportedly the consequence of the doomed Royal Core project.

Additionally, the Core Ultra 9 285K reportedly features 36 MB of L3 cache, a TDP of 125 W, and a maximum allowed junction temperature or TJMax of 105℃.

It needs to be said that the performance and specs of the Core Ultra 9 285K mentioned here should be taken with a giant of salt as Intel has yet to confirm the final details. Fortunately, we won’t have to wait too long as the official Arrow Lake release is seemingly only a month away.

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