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Intel® Core™ Ultra 9 Processor 285K 36M Cache, upto 5.7 GHzIntel® Core™ Ultra 9 Processor 285K 36M Cache, upto 5.7 GHz

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AI is now built into processors, for better or worse. Intel CPUs now have an NPU (neural processing unit) for AI tasks. Honestly, I haven’t really needed it, because I usually let my NVIDIA GPU handle local AI workloads with CUDA and other tools.

One side effect of adding this NPU is that the CPU now has an extra part that needs power and cooling. So, Intel decided to drop hyperthreading. Before, an 8-core CPU could handle 16 threads. Now, that’s no longer the case.

At first glance, Intel says the new CPU has 24 cores (so 24 threads?), but it’s not that simple. It has 8 performance cores (p-cores) and 16 efficiency cores (e-cores). Think of p-cores as the fast cores you want for gaming, and e-cores for background tasks. Some people call the mix “hybrid cores,” like Cyberpunk 2077 mentioned.

This setup works fine as long as Windows sends the right programs to the right cores. I haven’t seen major problems on my Alienware, even without Intel’s APO optimization.

Benchmarks are where this matters most. Comparing a Core Ultra 9 285K to a 14th gen i9, sometimes hyperthreading mattered or p-cores weren’t fully used. Some reviews even say the new CPU can be a sidegrade or downgrade in certain situations.

Still, it’s not bad. I used to have an AMD Ryzen Threadripper with 32 cores and 64 threads—a huge, hot, expensive beast that scored well in benchmarks but didn’t always give better gaming performance. Games usually care more about faster individual cores than lots of cores.

I’m happy with the 285K. Even with fewer cores and threads, I get better benchmark scores, my room stays cooler and quieter, and games run great at 1440p on my ultrawide monitor.