Intel Core Ultra 9 285K (Arrow Lake)

The Intel Core Ultra 9 285K introduces a disaggregated multi-tile design separating compute, graphics, I/O, and SoC functions, with the compute tile built on TSMC's N3B process rather than an Intel fab. It packs 8 Lion Cove performance cores and 16 Skymont efficiency cores for 24 cores and 24 threads, at a 125W base TDP. The integrated Matrix Engine accelerates AI inference without GPU dependency, benefiting code completion and video enhancement, and full AVX-512-FP16 support boosts half-precision ML workloads. It launched at $589 MSRP with PCIe 5.0 support on Z890 motherboards, offering desktop-class performance without workstation-tier pricing.