Leaked Core Ultra 5 245K multi-core performance fails to noticeably set itself apart from Core i5-14600K

The Intel Core Ultra 5 245K is believed to be the mainstream offering of the Arrow Lake series. As such, like the current Core i5-14600K, the CPU should offer solid single-core performance while cutting back on multi-core horsepower due to a reduced core count vs the high-end chips.

Thanks to a leaked Cinebench R23 Multi-Core score of the Core Ultra 5 245K, we now have an idea about the possible multi-threaded capability of the chip.

Core Ultra 5 245K multi-core performance

The Core Ultra 5 245K reportedly scored around 25,495 in the Cinebench R23 Multi-Core test. During the test, the 14-core CPU was seemingly running at 4.19 GHz.

Per the Cinebench R23 score of the Core i5-14600K in our database, the Core Ultra 5 245K in this particular example is only 4% faster than its 14th-gen predecessor. The difference is marginally bigger at 5.2% when compared with the Core i5-13600K (Available on Amazon). This slight increase in multi-core performance is consistent with a previous leak that had the Core Ultra 5 245K ahead of the Core i5-14600K by 5% in the Geekbench multi-core test.

Moving on to comparisons with the Zen 5 chips, the Core Ultra 5 245K appears to be a massive 48.4% and 24.4% faster than the Ryzen 5 9600X and the Ryzen 7 9700X respectively. Once again, this corresponds to our reporting where we looked at the comparison between the ARL-S and Zen 5 chips.

So, combining the leaked Cinebench R23 Multi-Core and Geekbench results, the Core Ultra 5 245K seems to be packing a bigger single-core jump and a marginal multi-core increase. Logically, the chip might offer noticeably better gaming performance but appear largely similar in multi-threaded workloads.

Better efficiency just might be enough for Arrow Lake

Assuming Arrow Lake chips don’t bring any massive performance gains to the table, It is possible Intel will try to pitch Arrow Lake CPUs as performance/watt champions rather than focus entirely on raw horsepower. While this would disappoint fans who want more performance regardless of efficiency, the perf/watt gain will make the chips a tempting buy, especially if Arrow Lake pricing is attractive.

That said, all is speculation at this point. So, it is wise to reserve judgments, until we know the actual performance of Arrow Lake processors, the power the CPUs consume, and how much they cost.