Resident leaker of Intel Core Ultra processors @jaykihn0 is back with more tidbits: the top chip in the form of Core Ultra 9 285K is reportedly hitting 5.7GHz boost clocks in its current status as a qualification sample (QS).
Qualification samples are the kind of pre-production chips that chipmakers – Intel in this case – sends to OEMs to evaluate their hardware, which can range from motherboards to various PC peripherals. It’s not uncommon to see such chips getting tested on tools like Geekbench, like this one spotted just last week.
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K: Specs
According to the leaker, the QS silicon lists a 2-core boost clock of 5.7GHz (achieved through Thermal Velocity Boost, or TVB), an all P-core boost clock of 5.4GHz, and an all E-core boost clock of 4.6GHz. All figures are significantly higher than the ES2 (engineering sample 2), which is the earlier version of the silicon that can’t boost as aggressive prior to fine tuning by engineers.
While the 5.7GHz clock speed is lower than the 6.2GHz found in the Core i9-14900KS, it’s worth noting that clock speeds are not directly comparable across different architectures, even from the same vendor. IPC improvements are what counts, though a 500MHz difference won’t be too difficult to catch up as Intel refines its manufacturing and binning process down the line, possibly as a higher-end model that sits above the Core Ultra 9 285K.
Intel previously noted that Arrow Lake will launch as originally scheduled, though the exact timing is unclear at this moment. The chipmaker has cancelled its Innovation 2024 event due to poor financial performances, and has since scaled down its operations to minimize expenditures.
Source: Videocardz
Pokdepinion: Still a decently high clock speed, safe to say we won’t be seeing performance regressions (yep, 11th Gen was a disaster).
