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This review of the Intel Core Ultra 5 245K -- which you can think of like a 15600K -- looks at the gaming performance, production benchmarks, power consumption, and efficiency. Our benchmarks compare the 245K vs. the 5700X3D, 7800X3D, 9600X, 14600K, 285K, and more as we seek to find the best gaming CPUs right now. Intel's new Arrow Lake platform is more efficient with the Core Ultra 200 series, but struggled to find a spot in our recommendations. There are better alternatives to the 245K both above and below it in price, including the 5700X3D (as an upgrade) or most new CPUs. Our 285K review goes into more detail on this as well.
Find the 285K CPU review & benchmarks here, including all the extra power efficiency explanations: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXLY8kEdR1c
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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 - Intel Core Ultra 5 245K Review
02:22 - Current CPU Prices & Competition
03:45 - 245K & 285K CPU Specs Comparison
05:27 - Efficiency: 7-Zip Compression
06:54 - Efficiency: 7-Zip Decompression
07:36 - Efficiency: Baldur's Gate 3
08:27 - Efficiency: FFXIV Dawntrail
09:09 - Efficiency: Stellaris
09:53 - Frequency: Max 1T in Cinebench
10:20 - Frequency: P-Core AVG in Blender
10:42 - Dragon's Dogma 2 Gaming CPU Benchmarks
11:30 - F1 24 245K vs 285K vs 5700X3D Comparison
12:39 - F1 24 1440p CPU Benchmarks
13:08 - FFXIV Dawntrail Best Gaming CPUs
14:03 - FFXIV Dawntrail 1440p
14:21 - Baldur's Gate 3 CPU Benchmarks
15:13 - Stellaris CPU Simulation Time
15:59 - Rainbow Six Siege 245K Gaming Benchmarks
16:58 - Starfield CPU Benchmarks
17:27 - Blender 3D Rendering CPU Benchmark
18:11 - 7-Zip File Compression
18:47 - 7-Zip File Decompression
19:51 - Chromium Code Compile CPU Benchmark
20:15 - Adobe Premiere Video Editing Best CPUs
21:03 - Adobe Photoshop CPU Comparison
21:18 - Conclusion
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Patrick Lathan: Testing
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