Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Review, It's A Mess.... Probably A Flop

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Video Index
00:00 - Welcome to the Core Ultra 9 285K
01:12 - Ad Spot
02:08 - CPU Specifications
04:24 - The New LGA 1851 Socket
05:17 - Testing Notes
08:16 - Test System Specs
09:11 - Cinebench Clock Behaviour
10:03 - Cinebench Multi-Core
10:37 - Cinebench Single-Core
10:50 - Cinebench Power Consumption [EPS12V Rails]
12:47 - 7-Zip File Manager [Compression]
13:01 - 7-Zip File Manager [Decompression]
13:19 - Blender Open Data
13:29 - Corona 10 Benchmark
13:44 - Adobe Photoshop 2025
14:07 - Adobe Premiere Pro 2024
14:19 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
15:09 - The Last of Us Part 1
15:30 - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty
16:41 - Hogwarts Legacy
17:15 - Assetto Corsa Competizione
17:34 - Remnant II
17:54 - Homeworld 3
18:19 - A Plague Tale: Requiem
19:02 - Counter-Strike 2
19:25 - Starfield
19:48 - Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2
20:05 - Hitman 3
20:23 - Watch Dogs: Legion
20:59 - Star Wars Outlaws
21:20 - Core Ultra 9 vs 14900K
21:42 - Gaming Power Consumption
22:55 - 14 Game Average
24:02 - Cost Per Frame [US]
25:16 - 24H2 Gaming Performance
26:07 - Star Wars Jedi: Survivor [24H2]
26:58 - Cyberpunk 2077: Phantom Liberty [24H2]
27:27 - Homeworld 3 [24H2]
28:21 - A Plague Tale Requiem [24H2]
28:44 - Counter Strike 2 [24H2]
28:59 - Intel APO Information
29:47 - Inconsistent Gaming Benchmarks
31:38 - A Plague Tale Requiem [Early Game Pass]
32:28 - A Plague Tale Requiem [HUB Benchmark]
33:23 - Conclusion and Final Thoughts

Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Review

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Outro music by David Vonk/DaJaVo

[GamersNexus]

Thanks for the "Thanks, Steve, " Steve. Back to you, Steve. Signed, Steve.
Edit: Wow, even the video lengths are the same. Steves really do have cross-continental telepathy.

[JBrinx]

Arrow to the Knee Lake, and he's standing for this one

[gustavoalmeida]

AMD: Nobody can make a messier CPU launch than us.

Intel: Hold my beer...

[omegajvn]

Takeaways:
1) Steve was standing at the beginning of the video, so I knew this was going to be bad.
2) The 5800X3D is still showing up to be the BEST PC purchase I've ever made. Period.

Side note: The fact that the 7800X3D is the best gaming CPU that uses only 58 watts compared to Intels 14900K's 214 is just obscene. That's damn near a quarter of the power while getting better

[thecooljohn]

The gaming power consumption of X3D CPUs still amazes me. The 7800X3D topping most of the charts while using just 55-80 watts is stunning.

[jeffreypaul]

Intel - Watch what happens when WE use TSMC!
oh, nm.

[eluive]

AMD: trying to reinvent the wheel and ending up with Zen 5%
Intel: "hold my beer and watch my negative gains"

[tyr]

Damn, it`s slower then Ryzen 5800x3d. The legend still lives!

[auxityne]

Intel trying to sell me a 9600X's worth of CPU in gaming performance for $600 was not on my bingo card, but here we are.

[Simi]

There 7800X3D using the same amount of power as an old timey lightbulb to deliver that much performance is insane!

[nipa]

I was joking when I said the 5800X3D would tie Arrow Lake in gaming.
Well, here we go...

And the 7800X3D is 20% ahead at half the power draw...

[vickie_g]

Zen 5% seems very competent now. Intel closed the node gap & still couldn't reach AMD.

[Khalidd]

from 10 nm to 3nm = -5% performance 😂😂😂😂

[cidpower]

I remember back in the old days when people would say you buy Intel for stability 😂

[GoodGamer]

Intel definitely won this generation. They top all the disappointment charts in averages and 1% lows.

[theyoungjawn]

Intel warned us it was going to be bad, but damn….some of these results are downright shameful in gaming.

[Dazzxp]

Intel has now decided to glue their CPU's together now, how ironic...

[Glim]

9000X3D might be a bloodbath for Intel If the leaks of better gaming without sacrificing productivity are true

[fwixgamer]

it's a crime against intel fanboys, loosing in heavy rendering application, losing to even ur old gen of cpus in gaming and still loosing in power consumption by more than 50% vs the 3d chips, oh the misery

[steveweidig]

"The memory prices of these high-end memory parts are pretty much the same"

I wouldn't say that DDR5-6000 on Ryzen and the DDR5-8200 on your Arrow Lake test costs about the same, though...