Intel is anticipated to reveal its next generation of desktop CPUs before the end of the year. Most board partners now have access to near-final silicon (qualification samples), which should be nearly as good as the retail samples. Because of that, we're seeing more and more benchmark results leaking online. The latest shows the Core Ultra 9 285K and the Core Ultra 7 265K running on Geekbench, with the former presenting chart-topping results.

The Core Ultra 9 285K is the series' flagship, but mainly because we don't know what Intel has planned for special versions such as the KS series. We know the Core Ultra 9 285K will have a core configuration with 8x Lion Cove P-cores and 16x Skymont E-cores. The CPU won't have hyperthreading; hence, the core and thread counts are 24. According to leaks, Thermal Velocity Boost should allow the CPU to reach 5.7 GHz.

The boost clock speed was validated by thorough Geekbench results (1, 2 via BenchLeaks), which showed clock speeds as high as 5,696 MHz. That allowed the CPU to achieve 3449-3450 in the single-core test and 22,997-23,024 in the multi-core test. The CPU was tested on an Asus ROG Strix Z890-A Gaming motherboard with 64GB of DDR5-6400 memory.

We also have scores for Core Ultra 7 265K(F), a 20C/20T CPU with 8x P-cores and 12x E-cores. The clock speeds are expected to boost up to 5.5 GHz. However, the CPU never exceeded the 4,600 MHz mark during the tests. Still, across the three entries (1, 2, 3), the CPU scored between 3029 and 3080 in single-core testing and 18084 and 18131 in multi-core.

According to the latest reports from the Board Channels (via VideoCardz), Intel will announce its next desktop CPU series on October 10th and release them on October 17th.

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