Intel's unlocked Core Ultra 9 285K processor uses an insane 370W of power during a Cinebench R23 benchmark run, with the P-Cores hitting 5.6GHz.

This unlocked chip gives you the flexibility to push performance even further. And at $499.99, down from $629.99, it’s a solid $130 discount on one of Intel’s best CPUs.

AMD's Ryzen 9 9950X3D is the newer option out these two CPUs, launching on March 11, 2025 for a list price of $700. The Core Ultra 9 285K released on October 24, 2024 for a list price of $600.

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 ...

In Premiere Pro, the Ryzen 9 9900X matches the Core Ultra 9 285K, and in Photoshop, it shoots ahead. In addition, you have access to AVX-512 instructions with this CPU, just like the Ryzen 9 9950X ...

In order to test the Intel Core Ultra 9 285H, Intel sent me an MSI Prestige 16 AI Evo (B2HMG) sample, as well as an MSI Prestige A16 AI+ (A3HMG) powered by an AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 for comparisons' sake.

Intel’s Core i9-13900K comes out on top in nearly every creator task I tested and even in most of the gaming benchmarks. It delivers around a 6 percent performance boost in most games over the ...

Intel’s Arrow Lake-H chips—at least the tip-top Core Ultra 9 285H processor we tested—don’t set a notable new performance bar but take Team Blue to the level (and sometimes just above) of ...

Intel’s Core 285H chip, the first member of its Core Ultra 200 or “Arrow Lake-H” family for laptops, has a big crater to fill. Yes, crater: This processor essentially bombed on the desktop.

Though Intel does promise to keep the generation of a chip noted in the codename, i.e. 'Core 9 15900K'. This might help prevent confusion with what's currently a bit of an issue in Intel's multi ...