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Measure CPU and GPU balance before you buy.
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Will It Run?
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Smart Wizard
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About This Product
The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K is a high-performance desktop CPU featuring 24 cores (8 P-cores, 16 E-cores) with a boost clock up to 5.5 GHz. Built on the Arrow Lake microarchitecture, it offers strong multi-threaded performance suitable for demanding applications and high-refresh-rate gaming. At its price point, it competes with high-end Ryzen 9 processors, offering comparable or superior single-core performance in many scenarios.
Performance Benchmarks
Scores are grouped by benchmark family so it is easy to compare raw speed, threaded output, and real-world value without mixing scales.
Render Workloads
Next-Gen Scale
Cross-Platform
Large Sample Pool
Value & Efficiency
These derived metrics use Cinebench R23 multi-core performance to keep the value calculation consistent across the catalog.
Performance per Watt
300.0 pts/W
Performance per Dollar
69.1 pts/$
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GPU Bottleneck & Pairing
These pairings are pre-calculated around 1440p balance so you can move quickly from CPU research to a realistic gaming build.
Strong combos with only minor trade-offs.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 7900 XTX
GPU bottleneck 18%
Estimated GPU limitation of 18% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
GeForce RTX 5080
GPU bottleneck 22%
Estimated GPU limitation of 22% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
GeForce RTX 5080
GPU bottleneck 22%
Estimated GPU limitation of 22% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 26%
Estimated GPU limitation of 26% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 26%
Estimated GPU limitation of 26% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 26%
Estimated GPU limitation of 26% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 26%
Estimated GPU limitation of 26% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 26%
Estimated GPU limitation of 26% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 26%
Estimated GPU limitation of 26% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
Recommended GPU
Radeon RX 9070 XT
GPU bottleneck 26%
Estimated GPU limitation of 26% in the current 1440p model.
Usage-share data is not available yet for this pairing.
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Verdict
βIdeal for enthusiasts and professionals needing top-tier performance for gaming and demanding workloads.β

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