Intel is allowing reviews to lift the lid on the performance of its new Core Ultra processors today and below you can see just how fast they are in games and content ...

However, the new Intel Core Ultra 9 285K and Intel Core Ultra 5 245K really aren't any better than the chips they are replacing, and their efficiency gains are too modest to justify investing in a ...

Intel actually reduced the total amount ... The Core Ultra 5 245K, Core i5-14600K, and Ryzen 5 9600X are all within a few frames of each other — I would call the performance identical.