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Core Ultra 9 285

Intel desktop processor · Core Ultra Series 2 · launched January 2025

Launch price
$549
≈ $564 in 2026 dollars
Blender 4.x render score
486
#12 of 290 scored desktop processors
Cores / threads
24 / 24
36 MB L3 cache
Rated power
65 W
up to 182 W turbo

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Launch price in today's dollars

The Core Ultra 9 285 launched at $549 in 2025. Adjusted with the U.S. Consumer Price Index, that is about $564 in 2026 dollars (7-month average), a 3% rise over 1 year. At its launch price that is 89 Blender points per $100.

Method: launch price × (CPI 2026 average ÷ CPI 2025 average), calendar-year averages of BLS series CPIAUCSL. 2026 covers 7 months so far.

Blender rendering score

Median score 486 (middle half of runs 426–538) across 16 community runs on Blender 4.x with the CPU backend. That is #12 of 290 desktop processors in our dataset with a score, and #3 of 12 in the Core Ultra Series 2.

This is a rendering benchmark (samples per minute over the monster, junkshop and classroom scenes), not a gaming benchmark. It says how fast the part renders in Blender's Cycles engine and nothing about frame rates. Source: Blender Open Data, CC0, snapshot 2026-09-06.

Specifications

VendorIntel
SeriesCore Ultra Series 2
LaunchedJanuary 2025
Launch price$549 (1,000-unit price)
SocketLGA 1851
Cores / threads24 / 24
Base clock2.5 GHz
Boost clock5.5 GHz
L3 cache36 MB
Rated power65 W (base power), up to 182 W
Integrated graphicsIntel Graphics (4 Xe-cores)
Tier9-series

The Intel 9-series over time

Intel desktop processors in the same tier around this one, oldest first, re-releases left out. Prices in launch dollars and in 2026 dollars; scores are Blender 4.x medians where they exist.

PartYearLaunch priceIn 2026 $Blender
Core i9 12900KS2022$739$836356
Core i9 13900K2022$589$666488
Core i9 13900KF2022$564$638484
Core i9 139002023$549$596349
Core i9 13900F2023$524$569410
Core i9 13900KS2023$689$748501
Core i9 13900T2023$549$596—
Core i9 14900K2023$589$640505
Core i9 14900KF2023$564$612507
Core i9 149002024$549$579330
Core i9 14900F2024$524$553322
Core i9 14900T2024$549$579—
Core i9 14900KS2024$689$727516
Core Ultra 9 285K2024$589$621557
Core Ultra 9 2852025$549$564486
Core Ultra 9 285T2025$549$564—

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