The Core Ultra 285K is officially the fastest CPU for Ingle threaded performance on PassMark. Updated: Oct 7, 2024 8:43 am WePC is reader-supported. When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Prices subject to change. Learn more Table of Contents Table of Contents PassMark has announced on X that the Core Ultra 285K is officially the fastest CPU for single-threaded performance that the benchmarking tool has ever seen. PassMark also mentions that the CPU could be an engineering sample, meaning we could expect more performance from an official release version of this CPU. The Core Ultra series is expected to launch this month, and it seems that PassMark is dishing out a small taste of what’s to come regarding the flagship. PassMark is another benchmarking tool designed to test full systems but allows you to test individual components. Recently, the Core Ultra 285K has been spotted breaking records in the Single-core performance section, surpassing 5,000 points – something no other CPU has managed yet. Core Ultra 9 285K 11% faster than 14900K in PassMark single-core benchmarks PassMark Software took to X to announce the new leader regarding single-core performance. The Core Ultra 9 285K scored a very impressive 5,268 points, ahead of the 14900K’s efforts of 4,869. This is around an 11% performance increase. @PassMarkInc on X regarding Core Ultra 9 285K breaking the single-core record What’s more impressive is that the new king may be an engineering sample, it may not even be a full release of the CPU. This is important because retail-ready CPUs tend to be more efficient or perform a little better than the samples. So if what PassMark suggests is true, we could expect more performance from the full release. Looking at the multi-core performance, however, shows something a little different. Screenshot from PassMark of Core Ultra 9 285K multi-core performance The Core Ultra 9 only manages a multi-core score of 46,872, less than the 14900K, and even the 9950X, which scored 62,510 and 66,702 respectively. So, what’s going on here? surely being the best performer in single-core performance should translate into multi-core? You have to remember that Intel opted to ditch Hyperthreading in this generation, essentially turning down the logical processors from 32 in the 14900K to 24 in the 285K. Intel’s decision to ditch Hyperthreading is an interesting one, it could be that Intel has an idea to replace that lost performance without having to multithread the CPU cores – only time will tell. It could be that Intel is adopting its own “X3D style” performance booster to replace the performance lost in multi-core workloads.
