{"id":1012214,"date":"2026-01-11T12:44:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-11T12:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2024-intel-core-ultra-9-285k-ultra-5-245k-review"},"modified":"2026-01-11T12:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-11T12:44:30","slug":"intel-core-ultra-9-285k-and-ultra-5-245k-review-gaming-losses-content-creation-wins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/intel-core-ultra-9-285k-and-ultra-5-245k-review-gaming-losses-content-creation-wins\/","title":{"rendered":"Intel Core Ultra 9 285K and Ultra 5 245K review: gaming losses, content creation wins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/intel-core-ultra-9-285k-and-ultra-5-245k-review-gaming-losses-content-creation-wins.jpg\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>This feels like a rebuilding year for Intel. With AMD&#8217;s Ryzen processors going from strength to strength and thermal degradation issues dogging Intel&#8217;s last desktop CPUs, Team Blue has unveiled a new tile-based architecture for both mobile CPUs (Lunar Lake) and desktop CPUs (Arrow Lake S). Lunar Lake arrived to generally positive reviews, with excellent power efficiency, AI hardware support and reasonable performance, so can the new Core Ultra 200S desktop chips pull off the same trick? <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2024-intel-core-ultra-9-285k-ultra-5-245k-review\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eurogamer.net\/digitalfoundry-2024-intel-core-ultra-9-285k-ultra-5-245k-review\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This feels like a rebuilding year for Intel. With AMD&#8217;s Ryzen processors going from strength to strength and thermal degradation issues dogging Intel&#8217;s last desktop CPUs, Team Blue has unveiled a new tile-based architecture for both mobile CPUs (Lunar Lake) and desktop CPUs (Arrow Lake S). Lunar Lake arrived to generally positive reviews, with excellent power efficiency, AI hardware support and reasonable performance, so can the new Core Ultra 200S desktop chips pull off the same trick? 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