Intel Core i5-12600KF vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

Core i5-12600KF vs Core Ultra 9 285K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 285K performs better than the Core i5-12600KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12600KF in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 285K has significantly more cores than the Core i5-12600KF. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285K has 24 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i5-12600KF. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12600KF. Both the Core i5-12600KF and Core Ultra 9 285K have the same clock speed. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285K has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i5-12600KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.