Intel Core Ultra 9 285K "Arrow Lake" Delivers Strong Linux Performance

Written by Michael Larabel in Processors on 24 October 2024 at 11:00 AM EDT. Page 5 of 18. 88 Comments.
7-Zip Compression benchmark with settings of Test: Compression Rating. Ryzen 9 9950X was the fastest.

The Core Ultra 9 285K was competitive with its 7-Zip compression performance.

Stargate Digital Audio Workstation benchmark with settings of Sample Rate: 44100, Buffer Size: 1024. Ryzen 9 9950X was the fastest.
Stargate Digital Audio Workstation benchmark with settings of Sample Rate: 44100, Buffer Size: 1024. Ryzen 9 9950X was the fastest.
Stargate Digital Audio Workstation benchmark with settings of Sample Rate: 44100, Buffer Size: 1024. Ryzen 9 9950X was the fastest.
Stargate Digital Audio Workstation benchmark with settings of Sample Rate: 192000, Buffer Size: 1024. Ryzen 9 9950X was the fastest.
Stargate Digital Audio Workstation benchmark with settings of Sample Rate: 192000, Buffer Size: 1024. Ryzen 9 9950X was the fastest.
Stargate Digital Audio Workstation benchmark with settings of Sample Rate: 192000, Buffer Size: 1024. Ryzen 9 9950X was the fastest.

For the Stargate digital audio workstation software, the Core Ultra 9 285K was typically running similar to the Ryzen 9 7950X/7950X3D prior-gen processors.

Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: BMW27, Compute: CPU-Only. Ryzen 9 9950X was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Fishy Cat, Compute: CPU-Only. Ryzen 9 9950X was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Pabellon Barcelona, Compute: CPU-Only. Ryzen 9 9950X was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Junkshop, Compute: CPU-Only. Ryzen 9 9950X was the fastest.
Blender benchmark with settings of Blend File: Junkshop, Compute: CPU-Only. Ryzen 9 9950X was the fastest.

For the Blender 3D modeling software on the CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 285K was close between the Ryzen 9 9900X and Ryzen 9 9950X in raw performance but with higher power use. Surprisingly for Blender the Core Ultra 9 285K power use was even higher on average than the Core i9 14900K.

C-Ray benchmark with settings of Resolution: 4K, Rays Per Pixel: 16. Core Ultra 9 285K @ DDR5-8000 was the fastest.
C-Ray benchmark with settings of Resolution: 4K, Rays Per Pixel: 16. Core Ultra 9 285K @ DDR5-8000 was the fastest.

The Core Ultra 9 285K picked up some clear first place finishes with the C-Ray ray-tracer.

LuxCoreRender benchmark with settings of Scene: DLSC, Acceleration: CPU. Core Ultra 9 285K @ DDR5-8000 was the fastest.
LuxCoreRender benchmark with settings of Scene: Rainbow Colors and Prism, Acceleration: CPU. Core Ultra 9 285K was the fastest.
LuxCoreRender benchmark with settings of Scene: LuxCore Benchmark, Acceleration: CPU. Ryzen 9 9950X was the fastest.
LuxCoreRender benchmark with settings of Scene: Orange Juice, Acceleration: CPU. Ryzen 9 9950X was the fastest.
LuxCoreRender benchmark with settings of Scene: Orange Juice, Acceleration: CPU. Ryzen 9 9950X was the fastest.
LuxCoreRender benchmark with settings of Scene: Orange Juice, Acceleration: CPU. Ryzen 9 9950X was the fastest.

The Core Ultra 9 285K also performed very well with the LuxCoreRender rendering software although on a performance-per-Watt basis wasn't too appealing.

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