Intel Core i7-2600K vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285

Core i7-2600K vs Core Ultra 9 285 comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 285 beats the Core i7-2600K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-2600K in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 285 has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core i7-2600K has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-2600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i7-2600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 285. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285 has a significantly higher turbo speed.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-2600K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.