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

Core i9-12900KF vs Core Ultra 9 285K comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 285K beats the Core i9-12900KF in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12900KF 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 i9-12900KF. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285K has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i9-12900KF. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 285K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900KF. Also, 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 i9-12900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.