The Core Ultra 9 285K, a flagship “Arrow Lake-S” 5.7 GHz CPU from Intel that features 8 Performance Cores and 16 Efficiency Cores, is capable of achieving a single-core score of 3186 and a multi-core score of 21075, while the Core Ultra 7 265KF, a 5.5 GHz CPU that features 8 Performance Cores and 12 Efficiency Cores, can achieve the same single-core score but a lower multi-core score of 19799, according to new tests that have been spotted on the Geekbench Browser. The new Core Ultra 200 Series, which feature a maximum turbo power of up to 250 watts, is expected to go on sale in January 2025 following what is said to be a launch in late October.
The new tests, performed on an MSI motherboard:
Geekbench 6 results:
- Intel Core Ultra 7 265K
- Single-Core Score: 3186
- Multi-Core Score: 19799
- Intel Core Ultra 9 285K
- Single-Core Score: 3186
- Multi-Core Score: 21075
How they compare with some of AMD’s latest CPUs:
- Ryzen 9 9950X
- Single-Core Score: 3411
- Multi-Core Score: 21686
- Ryzen 9 9900X
- Single-Core Score: 3248
- Multi-Core Score: 19563
- Ryzen 7 9700X
- Single-Core Score: 3349
- Multi-Core Score: 17348
Specifications for the initial lineup include:
From a report (machine translated):
The Intel Core Ultra 2 series desktop processors, codenamed Arrow Lake-S, are confirmed to be released on October 10th, but the launch date has been changed from October 17th to October 24th. Based on various past information, Intel will only launch 5 processors (K and KF series) and Intel Z890 chip motherboards in the first phase, that is, before CES 2025.
The 5 processors include the flagship Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, Intel Core Ultra 7 265K, Intel Core Ultra 7 265KF, Intel Core Ultra 5 245K and Intel Core Ultra 5 245KF; non-K series Intel Core Ultra 2 desktop processors Motherboards with other Intel 800 series chips are expected to go on sale in January 2025.