Intel’s flagship Core Ultra 285K runs more efficiently, but PC gaming performance is a step back. AMD still comfortably beats Intel for PC gaming.

When it comes to Asus Real Bench’s image-editing test, the 8-core Intel blazed through 39.5 percent faster than AMD’s flagship gaming CPU. In Cinebench, you can see the i9-9900K scored an ...

If you want the full low-down on each of the chips we're talking about here individually, it's well worth reading our reviews of both the Core i9 14900K and Ryzen 9 7950X3D.There you'll find all ...

The Core i9-9900K is a Coffee Lake CPU featuring eight cores, sixteen threads, a 3.6GHz base frequency, and a boost frequency of 5GHz. In our tests, when we had the multi-core enhancement (MCE ...

It's not going to be fastest or even good value in all games and it does retail for $100 more than the Core i9-13900K. it's also likely that the cheaper Ryzen 9 7900X3D may offer similar gaming ...

You want a cool gaming CPU: The 24-core Ultra 9 285K uses less power in games than some six-core processors. Don't buy if… You want the best gaming CPU: Raptor Lake is faster and AMD's X3D chips ...

Intel's flagship "Arrow Lake" CPU, the Core Ultra 9 285K, delivers reduced power consumption, dedicated AI silicon, and promising platform improvements. The one big question mark: Its performance ...

The Core Ultra 9 285K and Ryzen 7 7800X3D force you to think about pricing because, depending on what you’re using your PC for, you can save quite a bit of money.

Intel really gave up on the gaming fight before the Core Ultra 9 285K ever released, and if your focus is gaming, AMD’s 3D V-Cache CPUs are still the way to go. On the productivity end, the Core ...

The 13th gen Intel Core i9-13900K is a powerhouse CPU that offers up a similar experience to ... I’ve been using the Core i9-13900K within my main gaming PC for most of 2024 for both gaming and ...

The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K and Intel Core Ultra 5 245K are available now in the US, UK, and Australia, priced at $589 / £548.99 / AU$1,099 and $309 / £289.99 / AU$589, respectively.