You Probably Won't Buy Intel's New Ultra 9 285k CPU

There's some amazing engineering under the hood of Intel's new CPUs, but plenty of teething issues too. Wendell investigates!

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0:00 - Intro
1:04 - Overview
2:26 - Memory Latency/Artificial Benchmarks
3:29 - Gaming Benchmarks
4:59 - Power Consumption
5:41 - Hardware Therapy Skit
5:53 - Power Consumption (cont.)
7:11 - What's up with Intel APO?
9:45 - Conclusion
^ there's a typo here, the column is supposed to say "OS" not "CPU" lol... whoops

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Edited by Grant
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Benchmarking & Bug Testing by Amber

[LevelTechs]

Some more details & Info here

9:45 - there's a typo here, the column is supposed to say "OS" not "CPU" lol... whoops

[JonManProductions]

"Have you tried turning yourself off and on?" - fucking killed me.

[vincei]

Wendell, I'm afraid that you are 100% right: I'm not interested in this CPU.

[MicrophonicFool]

This channel does a number of things very different from pretty much ALL other review outfits, but the absolute best two differences are:
1. The 'level' of actual deep knowledge of the tech is unmatched and
2. There is zero negativity expressed. Any downsides to a product are discussed in context with the rest of the product, and there is no shit-talk for the sake of Drama.
Thank you Wendell and team for what is refreshing content on Youtube. It's hard to articulate just how rare all this has become.
Lastly, the 'Show me where the CPU hurt you' skit just about had me piss myself

[Tuhar]

The 'show me where' skit had me rolling! Amazing sense of humor. Level1 and GN are my absolute favorite tech channels because they both have a good sense of humor - and manage to keep it tech related. Can't wait for the x3d chips from AMD!

[vin.k.k]

They mockingly called AMD's infinity fabric glue some years ago. Guess who's embracing the glue 😀

[jairo]

In short:
"It wasn't ready to launch"

[Cylonknight]

I work in IT for a non profit company, recently had to have a meeting with Dell to get more end user devices, I made it a point to say I want AMD laptops, not intel. I also pointed out I wasn’t happy that their lineup of devices are lacking AMD. Pretty sure they were sued over this before. They wanted to know why I don’t want intel, and basically said I wasn’t impressed with the performance compared to price and thermals. Also not a fan of their name change, confusing consumers more than they already were.

[thestrykernet]

I find that I enjoy commentary pieces a lot more than just a wall of benchmarks when it comes to YouTube and this one is top notch. Looking forward to the rest of your coverage on ARL.

[pibyte]

"This CPU represents the dawn of a new age for Intel!"

The bankruptcy era?

[vincei]

The segment with the psychologist made me laugh more than I should have. Was that editor Autumn ? 😆

[MarioCRO]

@Level1Tech, 5:42 is truly comedy gold... SNL reference and a good one at that.

[jfolz]

"I don't think this platform was ready to launch"
No kidding. Imagine this launching after Ryzen 9000 X3D, though.

[timgibney]

The 7950x3d and the 7800x3d are going to be the new 1080ti GOAT this decade with CPUs

[Quettesh]

I can't think of a single reason to buy anything from this generation. It might not start randomly dying like 13th and 14th gen, but that is not something to be proud of.

[Dan-Simms]

Where did intel touch you Wendell? Show us on the mobo lol love it

[tringuyen]

OMG, Ultra 9 285K loses to 7800X3D on every game except Final Fantasy & Forspoken! $600 Intel CPU loses to $450 AMD CPU? & the 9800X3D launches next week.

[CommodoreFan]

At these prices, and for my needs, I'm sticking with my Intel 12th Gen Core i9 setups(desktops, and laptops)as they still do everything I need them to do, and then some with ease, even with DDR4 RAM.

[astro-canuck]

The moment you said 'aquarius' i had the melody running in my head. Yeah, thats an old reference!!

[MidWitPride]

The only one from this lineup I care about at all is the 245K to use for a small form factor, cool, quiet and snappy low power office PC that can live off of UPS power for hours on end.