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Intel

Core Ultra 285HX

Name: Core Ultra 285HX
Brand: Intel

around $649

All prices are estimates and may vary from actual prices.

87 Pros

54%
9 reviews (1h 39m)

73 Cons

The Intel Core Ultra 285HX represents a significant leap in integrated graphics performance and single-core speed, making everyday applications feel incredibly snappy and delivering a surprisingly long battery life. Experience near-Macbook levels of efficiency and enjoy whisper-quiet operation, even under load. The 285HX excels in integrated grap...

Summary of pros and cons from human reviewers, put together by AI

42%

25 vs 34

Performance

33%

1 vs 2

Value for Money

81%

21 vs 5

Compatibility

100%

6 vs 0

Cooling Requirements

73%

11 vs 4

Power Consumption

Reviewer verdict

Across 9 YouTube reviews, the Intel Core Ultra 285HX earns an Index score of 3.2/5, ranking #45 among CPUs. Reviewers most often praise its performance, compatibility, power consumption, while the most common criticisms concern performance, gaming performance.

The Core Ultra 285HX is widely praised for a substantial uplift in single‑ and multi‑threaded performance, with many reviewers (25 mentions) highlighting much faster single‑core IPC and strong multi‑core scaling that makes demanding workloads and AAA games feel snappy. Reviewers also frequently note broad compatibility and modern I/O in laptops using the chip (21 mentions), including fast SSD support, Thunderbolt, Wi‑Fi 7 and plentiful ports. Energy efficiency and improved battery life come up repeatedly (11 mentions), with several reviewers calling out dramatically lower power draw and excellent performance‑per‑watt. A smaller but notable group (9 mentions) complimented much stronger integrated graphics, claiming large gains over the previous generation and much closer parity with competing integrated solutions.

Critics point to uneven or modest generational gains in real‑world performance (34 mentions), especially concerns that peak and multi‑core improvements are limited, inconsistent across benchmarks, or regress versus some prior chips. Gaming performance was a recurring complaint (21 mentions), with multiple reviewers reporting frame‑rate deficits, CPU‑limited scenarios or irregular frame times in particular titles compared to competing or prior generation parts. Some reviewers also criticized design choices and platform tradeoffs (compatibility and I/O changes, 5 mentions) and flagged questions about efficiency claims and power behavior in specific modes (4 mentions). A few comments called out removal of hyper‑threading and core design limitations as impacting certain productivity workloads (3 mentions).

Analysis based on 9 YouTube reviews (1h 39m of video) with 87 pros and 73 cons extracted.

Pros (87)

Performance (25)

Compared with the previous generation small core, the IPC is directly improved by more than 30%. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 2:48
its inter-core delay performance, which can be said to be very good ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 1:46
successfully came first in Cinebench's single-core test with its high frequency + higher IPC ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 3:34
maintain their full performance which is good ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 10:56
This small core is simply an epic progress. Its IPC even completely surpasses the previous generation Intel large core and the opponent's Zen4 large core. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 2:39
With high core and thread counts, it handles AAA games, 3D rendering, 4K video editing, and AI powered workloads with ease. ▶ MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2025) Review | RTX 5080 + Ultra 9-285HX @ 0:53
The single-core took the first place. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 4:07
delivers faster single core performance ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 2:26
powered by the Intel Core Ultra 9285HX processor. This is one of Intel's most advanced chips, part of their cuttingedge AI accelerated lineup, offering lightning fast clock speeds and exceptional multitasking performance. ▶ MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2025) Review | RTX 5080 + Ultra 9-285HX @ 0:41
much improved single core performance which will make many applications feel Snappy ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 0:33
lunar lake is indeed at the top of the pack and a good step forward from prior Intel processors ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 13:29
increased the AI throughput with 128 xmx engines they've doubled the rate tracing with two traversal pipelines per rate tracing unit and they doubled the L2 cache size to 8 megabytes ▶ Intel's Stepping Up BIG @ 1:46
with MSI's over boost ultra, the CPU and GPU can like join forces and run at up to 260 watts combined, which is bonkers. ▶ Do EVERYTHING! MSI Raider 18 HX AI! @ 5:48
the Zenbook S14 with lunar lake is the real winner here ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 12:09
Incredible single and multi-threaded performance that leads the industry ▶ Intel's Stepping Up BIG @ 2:27
CPU still gives performance gains at that power level that's 24 cores at up to 5.5 GHz scaling well even at the tippity top of laptop power profiles ▶ Intel's Stepping Up BIG @ 2:58
Intel Core Ultra 9. It's a 285HX. Uh, it's got 24 cores, runs at 85 watts, and gives you a 25% performance boost over last generation ▶ Do EVERYTHING! MSI Raider 18 HX AI! @ 5:07
this processor delivers blistering speed and smooth responsiveness. ▶ MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2025) Review | RTX 5080 + Ultra 9-285HX @ 1:06
it handles everything like everything you could throw at it. Premier Pro, Blender, uh, dozens of Chrome tabs and does all that without breaking any sweat. ▶ Do EVERYTHING! MSI Raider 18 HX AI! @ 5:19
It's fast, it's flashy, it is freakishly powerful ▶ Do EVERYTHING! MSI Raider 18 HX AI! @ 7:15
better performance in handbreak video encoding against the Core I9 14900 K and comparable to amd's ryzen 9 9950 X ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 1:38
Generally runs well, with performance comparable to the 14900k ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 6:00
Titan is the fastest laptop in our database in this form factor ▶ MSI Titan 18 HX 2025 - is it enough? @ 7:20
Intel's fastest mobile silicon, the Core Ultra 9285HX ▶ MSI Titan 18 HX 2025 - is it enough? @ 1:19
solid uplift in performance, especially in multi-core scenarios with basically the same power envelope ▶ MSI Titan 18 HX 2025 - is it enough? @ 6:34

Compatibility (21)

It has added support for CUDIMM memory and now runs 8000+ frequency is quite easy ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 0:56
broad application compatibility ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 0:50
elite book Ultra here and this is a haptic trackpad ▶ 🤯 Is This The MOST POWERFUL Laptop in 2025 (Without a Dedic @ 0:54
headphone jack ▶ 🤯 Is This The MOST POWERFUL Laptop in 2025 (Without a Dedic @ 1:17
USB type A ▶ 🤯 Is This The MOST POWERFUL Laptop in 2025 (Without a Dedic @ 1:09
APO’s ease of use is even better. The previous generation even required going to the Microsoft Store to download applications. This generation can be installed together with the motherboard driver. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 7:30
broader application compatibility ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 2:31
all Thunderbolt ports on this device ▶ 🤯 Is This The MOST POWERFUL Laptop in 2025 (Without a Dedic @ 1:01
connectivity to boot with Thunderbolt support fast Intel killer Wi-Fi plenty of PCI Express Lanes and ton of USB options ▶ Intel's Stepping Up BIG @ 3:25
really nice thin and Light chassis ▶ 🤯 Is This The MOST POWERFUL Laptop in 2025 (Without a Dedic @ 1:20
you get two Gen 5 SSD slots with super RAID and actually set them if you wanted to to RAID zero and give you speeds up to 14,000 megabytes per second. ▶ Do EVERYTHING! MSI Raider 18 HX AI! @ 6:06
RTX 5090 laptop GPU with 24 gigs of gddr seven ▶ 2025 MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Hands On with RTX 5090 a @ 0:24
dedicated trackpad and mouse that comes with this Dragon Edition ▶ 2025 MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Hands On with RTX 5090 a @ 4:21
Thanks to Wi-Fi 7 able to download the Spider-Man in less time than it took me to make a sandwich. ▶ Do EVERYTHING! MSI Raider 18 HX AI! @ 3:30
you can get this beast out with up to an RTX 5090. ▶ Do EVERYTHING! MSI Raider 18 HX AI! @ 5:32
Thunderbolt 5 gen 5 SSD support with a dedicated heat pipe cooler for the Gen 5 SSD ▶ 2025 MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Hands On with RTX 5090 a @ 0:14
perfect Port setup for a flagship laptop ▶ 2025 MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Hands On with RTX 5090 a @ 6:00
mechanical Cherry MX keyboard ▶ 2025 MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Hands On with RTX 5090 a @ 1:36
haptic feedback touchpad ▶ 2025 MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Hands On with RTX 5090 a @ 1:40
nice upgrade ability ▶ 2025 MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Hands On with RTX 5090 a @ 2:57
increased VRAM of the 5090. It is a much more productive workflow ▶ MSI Titan 18 HX 2025 - is it enough? @ 8:24

Power Consumption (11)

The good news is that the power consumption is indeed much lower. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 12:37
its energy efficiency performance. This time, the power consumption of the three new Us has been reduced a lot. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 3:51
It is not only ahead of the previous generation of large stoves. 14900K also performs better than Ryzen 9000, which is famous for its energy efficiency. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 6:16
The energy efficiency of the Ultra 200S series has evolved tremendously. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 6:13
the power consumption of this CPU is indeed much lower than that of the legendary Durable King, almost halving it. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 8:36
very long battery life rivaling MacBooks ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 0:39
partnered with Incredible efficiency ▶ Intel's Stepping Up BIG @ 2:33
longer battery life ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 2:27
they're 21% better in performance per watt than their previous gen of meteor Lake H and handedly beat the competition they crush it in single-threaded and multi-threaded performance ▶ Intel's Stepping Up BIG @ 0:31
wildly good performance per watt ▶ Intel's Stepping Up BIG @ 2:38
these chips scale across a wide range of power profiles from average power consumption to the extreme so you can have more efficient laptops ▶ Intel's Stepping Up BIG @ 2:41

Integrated Graphics (9)

This time, the ARL-S is equipped with a new codec unit. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 4:51
performs almost as well as the integrated Graphics of Apple's M3 processor ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 13:36
fantastic integrated graphics performance ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 0:37
massive win for Intel, these integrated Graphics are getting close to the performance of the dedicated Nvidia rtx450 ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 13:53
support for xss 2 with lower latency super resolution and frame generation ▶ Intel's Stepping Up BIG @ 1:17
significantly better graphics ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 2:29
they also go hard in gaming with it being up to 22% faster at 1080p with its integrated Graphics than the previous generation and up to 58% faster than others in the market ▶ Intel's Stepping Up BIG @ 1:00
elitebook ultra is equipped with polycom and it has a 9 megapix camera so it's going to have a great audio microphone and uh the camera so you'll look great on uh your web calls ▶ 🤯 Is This The MOST POWERFUL Laptop in 2025 (Without a Dedic @ 1:25
4K 120 HZ refresh rate mini LED th000 nits ▶ 2025 MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Hands On with RTX 5090 a @ 0:32

Gaming Performance (6)

the frame rate of Ultra 2 has indeed improved in 23H2 ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 17:17
In Starfield, the 285k is on par with 14900 K and ahead of 7800x 3D and 950x. ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 5:35
Forza Horizon 5 performance is in line with Intel's pre-release claims. ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 10:02
super smooth gaming experience ▶ MSI Titan 18 HX 2025 - is it enough? @ 11:05
really quite crazy to go from basically unplayable to a super smooth high FPS gaming experience with just a few clicks ▶ MSI Titan 18 HX 2025 - is it enough? @ 11:41
Cyber Punk, it can secure the top spot with a pretty sizable lead even in raw FPS numbers and no matter the resolution with the biggest difference to the 4090 being in 4K ▶ MSI Titan 18 HX 2025 - is it enough? @ 8:36

Cooling Requirements (6)

good news heat you feel and fan noise is really a thing of the past ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 0:41
in light use these lunar Lake laptops have none which is great ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 9:39
you get a vapor chamber cooling system with two fans and seven pipes. ▶ Do EVERYTHING! MSI Raider 18 HX AI! @ 6:32
Vapor chamber cooling uh with two big fans ▶ 2025 MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Hands On with RTX 5090 a @ 0:38
dedicated heat pipe heat uh plate and cooler that goes piggybacks directly on top of the other heat pipe system ▶ 2025 MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Hands On with RTX 5090 a @ 2:35
vapor chamber here with a total of 270 watts of continuous throughput ▶ 2025 MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Hands On with RTX 5090 a @ 3:05

N/A (5)

this thing is an 18in 4K miniLEDD panel with 120 Hz refresh rate. And it is beautiful. ▶ Do EVERYTHING! MSI Raider 18 HX AI! @ 3:48
The mini LED gives you the best of both worlds. You get OLED level contrast at 2 million to one without the risk of burn-in and up to 1,000 nits of brightness. ▶ Do EVERYTHING! MSI Raider 18 HX AI! @ 4:06
this keyboard is really good. ▶ Do EVERYTHING! MSI Raider 18 HX AI! @ 2:45
100% DCIP3 color accuracy calibrated per unit. It's like basically a mobile editing studio. ▶ Do EVERYTHING! MSI Raider 18 HX AI! @ 4:27
It also does feel amazing to type on. ▶ Do EVERYTHING! MSI Raider 18 HX AI! @ 2:16

Core Count & Speed (3)

Intel Core Ultra 92858 having 16 chords at up to 5.4 GHz ▶ Intel's Stepping Up BIG @ 0:45
Intel Core Ultra 9 285 HX 24 core 24 thread ▶ 2025 MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Hands On with RTX 5090 a @ 0:21
comes with the highest end chip the 285 HX ▶ 2025 MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Hands On with RTX 5090 a @ 4:09

Value for Money (1)

going into over a 100 different notebooks from their partners and you have a recipe for tons of people having access to some of the best options on the market ▶ Intel's Stepping Up BIG @ 2:02

Cons (73)

Performance (34)

This improvement is still not big ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 16:05
The new U failed to beat the previous generation products with hyper-threading support ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 4:20
the peak performance improvement is too small. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 7:00
it’s still far from the latency level of 14900K ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 15:53
on battery, so get solid performance. Don't expect to be like whatever rendering the latest Pixar film on a flight without a charger. ▶ Do EVERYTHING! MSI Raider 18 HX AI! @ 5:59
the progress is not significant and they cannot defeat the Zen5 ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 5:08
The improvement of the larger core It’s hard to say that the magnitude is huge ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 3:40
Without hyper-threading, productivity performance has almost remained unchanged. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 18:20
this improvement is really not enough. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 2:34
the peak performance cannot be improved ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 6:43
The U9 is even beaten by the previous generation i5 14600K. Is this reasonable? ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 9:02
U9, U7 and U5 all have performance regressions compared to the previous generations ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 11:18
the performance you improve may not be as much as you lose ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 16:32
it is an improvement on meteor Lake but it is still not competitive ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 8:57
Its performance is completely below expectations ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 12:29
the memory delay of the E core has super doubled from about 70ns at 14900K to about 200ns. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 14:09
it has not improved much ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 17:24
It will be much worse than 9950X ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 8:17
why is this generation of Ultra not as powerful as last year’s 14th generation Core? ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 7:57
the cache bottleneck of the small core is indeed too serious ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 17:05
delivers considerably better multicore performance ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 2:34
Overall, the improvement is only 6.7%, but this floating point improvement is too small. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 2:22
The performance was once again reversed compared to the 14th generation. Compared to AMD's 9000 series and X3D, it is far behind. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 10:24
delay is directly high. It’s more than 50% higher! ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 13:58
where these new lunar Lake laptops do not do well is in multicore performance performance ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 0:56
The most powerful U9 285K has only 14900K level performance even when APO is turned on. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 8:03
you can really see the downsides of this processor versus other laptops in a similar price range they are simply not strong performers for applications that utilize many cores ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 6:53
one reason that Luna lake is able to deliver such impressive battery life is because it is just not that powerful ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 9:01
this improvement is only a temporary solution, not the root cause ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 16:23
these processors are being held back by their poor CPU performance ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 14:30
once again they don't perform that well to begin with ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 10:57
Inconsistent benchmark results overall ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 9:49
Gen-on-gen performance regression ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 6:18
System performance tested with PC Mark is a bit of a disappointment ▶ MSI Titan 18 HX 2025 - is it enough? @ 6:53

Gaming Performance (21)

Not only did the entire Ultra 200S series fail After the 14th generation Core, AMD opened a gap of more than 100 frames! ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 9:20
140 frames away from Intel ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 9:47
none of them can run. At 120 frames, everyone even lost to the 14th generation Core, and even lost to the 9000 series Ryzen and X3D. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 10:38
Compared with the 14th generation Core and 9000 series Ryzen, the frame rate is much lower ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 11:35
the game performance of this generation of Arrow Lake is really bad. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 12:11
it turned out to be even worse in Chicken Fighting! ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 8:53
resulting in toothpaste-sucking gaming performance. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 18:27
Not only the frame rate is seriously backward compared to the 14th generation Core, but the performance has shrunk by almost 10%. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 10:52
Gaming performance subpar ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 0:07
Performance is still off pace in Cyberpunk 2077 at 4K, even beaten by a 12600k ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 5:12
CPU limited even at 4k on ultra settings in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 0:27
Performance issues in Dragon's Dogma 2's city area ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 6:31
CPU limited in Cyberpunk 2077 ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 1:19
Gaming performance problems, with effective parity with the outgoing Core i 94900 k instead of parity with ryzen 77800 x3d ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 2:00
Performance regression in some games ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 2:20
Significant performance deficit (45%) compared to the 14900k in Cyberpunk 2077's cherry blossom marketplace ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 4:23
Extreme mode barely improves gaming performance ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 5:54
Significant performance deficit compared to 14900k and 7800 x3d in Microsoft Flight Simulator 2020 when flying over populated areas. ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 7:37
Collapse in performance in Cyberpunk 2077 ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 2:34
Concerning performance and irregular frame times in F1 24. ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 8:44
Performance drops in Baldur's Gate 3's Act 3 city of Baldur's Gate ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 7:15

Compatibility (5)

If you're looking for something subtle and minimalistic, this ain't it. ▶ Do EVERYTHING! MSI Raider 18 HX AI! @ 7:24
if you're not going to use a number pad. It does have a number pad, which means the keyboard is a little bit smaller ▶ Do EVERYTHING! MSI Raider 18 HX AI! @ 2:35
haptic trackpad so we want to take a step up from the X models ▶ 🤯 Is This The MOST POWERFUL Laptop in 2025 (Without a Dedic @ 0:57
no ryzen 9955 HX 3D ▶ 2025 MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Hands On with RTX 5090 a @ 6:11
went away from four sodium slots there's no longer four sodium slots there's only two ▶ 2025 MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Hands On with RTX 5090 a @ 2:22

Power Consumption (4)

The impact of removing hyper-threading on productivity performance is a real improvement in peak performance. Its energy efficiency is mediocre. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 5:56
Arrow Lake can only boast energy efficiency ratio on desktop computers. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 18:54
Luna lake is not as efficient as those other processors ▶ Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? @ 8:52
claimed 220 watts throughput to the CPU. I have my doubts ▶ 2025 MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Hands On with RTX 5090 a @ 3:14

Core Count & Speed (3)

remove the support for hyper-threading ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 1:26
what is the use of your big core? ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 3:01
The big core is obviously not qualified here. ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 3:22

Integrated Graphics (3)

4K display was 200 htz refresh rate ▶ 2025 MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Hands On with RTX 5090 a @ 2:12
having a high-end gaming laptop without G-Sync is a real big bummer in 2025 ▶ MSI Titan 18 HX 2025 - is it enough? @ 14:49
we still do not get G-Sync, and that really stinks, especially in 4K, since chances are you will not always be able to get up to 120 Hz without a problem ▶ MSI Titan 18 HX 2025 - is it enough? @ 4:40

Value for Money (2)

Doesn't justify purchase for gaming purposes currently ▶ Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Seriou @ 11:08
there is a reason the majority of manufacturers opt for the 275HX ▶ MSI Titan 18 HX 2025 - is it enough? @ 1:30

Overclocking Potential (1)

overclocking useless ▶ 英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ @ 13:23

Review sources

英特尔酷睿Ultra 200S评测：无药可救！ by 极客湾Geekerwan — 14 pros, 37 cons
Intel's Lunar Lake Laptops: Worth the Hype? by Just Josh — 15 pros, 8 cons
Intel Core Ultra 9 285K Gaming Performance: There Are Serious Problems by Digital Foundry — 4 pros, 16 cons
2025 MSI Titan 18 HX Dragon Edition Hands On with RTX 5090 and Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX! by GizmoSlipTech — 13 pros, 4 cons
Do EVERYTHING! MSI Raider 18 HX AI! by Jon Rettinger — 13 pros, 3 cons
Intel's Stepping Up BIG by UFD Tech — 12 pros, 0 cons
MSI Titan 18 HX 2025 - is it enough? by NotebookcheckReviews — 7 pros, 4 cons
🤯 Is This The MOST POWERFUL Laptop in 2025 (Without a Dedicated GPU)? by Ben G Kaiser — 6 pros, 1 cons
MSI Titan 18 HX AI (2025) Review | RTX 5080 + Ultra 9-285HX = The Ultimate Gaming Laptop! by Legendary Tech — 3 pros, 0 cons

Frequently asked questions

Is the Intel Core Ultra 285HX worth buying?

Based on 9 independent YouTube reviews, the Intel Core Ultra 285HX scores 3.2/5 with 87 positive and 73 negative points mentioned by reviewers, placing it #45 in the CPUs category.

What do reviewers like most about the Intel Core Ultra 285HX?

The most praised aspects are performance, compatibility, power consumption — Performance (25 mentions), Compatibility (21 mentions), Power Consumption (11 mentions).

What are the most common complaints about the Intel Core Ultra 285HX?

Reviewers most frequently criticize performance, gaming performance — Performance (34 mentions), Gaming Performance (21 mentions).

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