Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Surfaces at Retailer for $852 CAD ($627 USD) as V-Ray Benchmarks Indicate up to 26% Faster Performance than Core i9-14900K

The Core Ultra 9 285K, a new flagship “Arrow Lake” desktop CPU that Intel is expected to launch next month, featuring 8 Performance-cores, 16 Efficient-cores, and a boost clock of up to 5.7 GHz, will be priced at $852 CAD ($627 US) when it arrives at retailers, according to early listings for the Core Ultra 200 Series that have been spotted at Canadian retailer shopRBC. Users can expect up to 26% faster performance than one of Intel’s current flagships, the Core i9-14900K, if the latest numbers derived from V-Ray Benchmark are to be believed.

Core Ultra 200 Series pricing and increases vs. 14th Gen, per shopRBC:

• Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF: $427 CAD ($314 US) +10.2%
• Intel Core Ultra 5 245K: $450 CAD ($331 US) +7.67%
• Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF: $567 CAD ($417 US) +8.00%
• Intel Core Ultra 7 265K: $589 CAD ($433 US) +11.1%
• Intel Core Ultra 9 285K: $852 CAD ($627 US) +10.3%

How the Core Ultra 9 285K ranks against the competition, per V-Ray Benchmark comparisons shared online:

• Ryzen 9 9950X (49360)
• Core Ultra 9 285K (44883)
• Ryzen 9 7950X (40070)
• Ryzen 9 9900X (40015)
• Core i9-14900KS (36924)
• Core i9-14900K (35558)
• Ryzen 9 7900X (30209)

The original spot from @9550pro:

Intel(R) Core(TM) Ultra 9 285K

V-Ray 6 Benchmarkhttps://t.co/InB2zneBwm pic.twitter.com/k0EIs6br34

— HXL (@9550pro) September 23, 2024

Alleged specs for the Core Ultra 200 Series:

From a report:

…the Ryzen 9 9950X does end up around 10% faster but that’s mostly due to the Zen 5 architecture performing much better in this particular benchmark. The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K is faster than the Ryzen 9 9900X which has the same number of threads and also faster than the Ryzen 9 7950X, outperforming both by around 12%.

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