Intel Core i9-12900K vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

Core i9-12900K vs Core Ultra 9 285K specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 285K beats the Core i9-12900K in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900K in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 285K has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i9-12900K that has 16 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 9 285K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12900K. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285K has a slightly 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 i9-12900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.