Intel Core Ultra 9 285K “Arrow Lake” Desktop CPU Rumored To Clock Around 5.5 GHz

Intel's Arrow Lake CPUs such as the flagship Core Ultra 9 285K are rumored to feature a clock speed of up to 5.5 GHz, far less than the existing Raptor Lake CPUs which can clock up to 6.20 GHz.

Intel Arrow Lake-S CPUs To Feature A Major Clock Regression Versus Raptor Lake-S CPUs, Flagship Core Ultra 9 285K Rumored To Go Up To 5.5 GHz

In a series of posts made by MebiuW over at Weibo, it looks like desktop users planning to upgrade to Intel's next-gen Arrow Lake-S "Core Ultra 200" CPUs can expect a huge regression in clock speed. Currently, the Intel Core i9-14900KS, which is the Raptor Lake-S flagship desktop chip, can clock up to 6.20 GHz and is by far the fastest-clocked production chip to be released.

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The flagship Intel Arrow Lake-S Desktop CPU, the Core Ultra 9 285K, is expected to feature 24 cores and 24 threads of which 8 cores will be based on the Lion Cove P-Core architecture & 16 cores will be based on the Skymont E-Core architecture. This chip will utilize the 8+16 "H0" die configuration & while it is told that the 6+8 die uses the Intel 20A process node, it is unclear if the "Unlocked" K-series chips will also utilize 20A or go with TSMC's 3nm process node.

But regardless of the choice of node, it looks like Intel's Arrow Lake-S "Core Ultra 200" Desktop CPUs will run into a huge clock speed disparity. The maximum clock speed for the flagship is rumored to be around 12% slower than the 14900KS which ends up around 5.5 GHz. That's a -700 MHz difference which is substantial, to say the least. But Intel can boost its per-core performance to such an extent that it negates the clock speed difference however that might also not be the case.

• Core Ultra 9 285K - 5.50 GHz (Max?)
• Core i9-14900KS - 6.20 GHz (Max)
• Core i9-14900K - 6.00 GHz (Max)
• Core i9-13900KS - 6.00 GHz (Max)
• Core i9-13900K - 5.80 GHz (Max)
• Core i9-12900KS - 5.50 GHz (Max)
• Core i9-12900K - 5.20 GHz (Max)

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