The first gaming benchmarks for Intel’s upcoming high-end Arrow Lake CPU, the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K, have been leaked online. These benchmarks come straight from Intel itself. So, let’s see whether this CPU is able to beat the latest AMD and Intel CPUs. At least based on Intel’s official slides.

According to the benchmarks, the Intel Core Ultra 9 285K will mostly be on par with the Intel Core i9 14900K in terms of performance. In most games, this CPU will have a similar performance to the latest high-end Intel CPU model. Moreover, in some games, it will be slower than it, whereas in other titles, it should be a bit faster.

The key feature of the Intel Core 9 Ultra 285K, at least according to Intel, will be its efficiency. As Intel notes, this new CPU will draw less power than the Intel Core i9 14900K. This is good news as this was an area in which Intel lagged behind.

Intel has also compared the Intel Core 9 Ultra 285K with the AMD Ryzen 9 7950X3D. Similar to the i9 14900K, this new CPU will be mostly on par with AMD’s CPU. Now what’s interesting here is the decision to use the 7950X3D and not the 7800X3D for the gaming benchmarks.

As we’ve reported multiple times, some games can use the second CCD of the 7950X3D which can result in lower-than-anticipated performance. That’s why we’ve been disabling the second CCD in our benchmarks. However, I’m certain Intel did not do such a thing for its benchmarks. So yeah, I’m a bit cautious about these Ultra 285K vs 7950X3D benchmarks.

Anyway, Intel will officially reveal the Intel Core Ultra 200 series in a couple of days. From what I know, the review embargo for third-party benchmarks will be lifted on October 24th. As such, take these first leaked gaming benchmarks with a grain of salt.

Stay tuned for more!