Intel Core Ultra 9 295K — Faster, Hotter, Cheaper

Intel’s Arrow Lake refresh tops out at the 295K, and across our benchmark sweep it lands roughly 8% ahead of the 285K — at a slightly lower MSRP.

Single-thread picked up about 6% at iso-clock thanks to revised E-core architecture. Multi-threaded workloads see closer to 10% gains. Cinebench R26 multi-core lands at 47,200 — comfortably ahead of any current Ryzen 9000 SKU.

Thermal story is mixed. The 295K runs about 4°C hotter under sustained all-core load. Cap PL2 at 250W and you lose under 3% of multi-thread for a 12°C drop. For gamers, the 245K refresh at $349 is the more interesting story.