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Intel Core Ultra 9 285 vs i9 13900

77 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
VS
76 out of 100
Intel Core i9 13900
Intel Core Ultra 9 285
Intel Core i9 13900

We compared two 24-core desktop CPUs: the 2.5 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 285 against the 2.0 GHz i9 13900. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

  1. Review
  2. Differences
  3. Performance
  4. Specs
  5. Comments

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
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Value for money (Beta)

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Currency
VS
35.3
(Mediocre)
Value Index
34.2
(Mediocre)

Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13900 and 285
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 285
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year and 11 months later
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.6 GHz vs 5.2 GHz)
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (14%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • 12% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 3134 vs 2797 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 9 285
vs
Core i9 13900

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (68th and 22nd place)
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GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Core Ultra 9 285 +14%
20165
Core i9 13900
17643
File compression 1380 MB/sec 1280 MB/sec
Clang compilation 221 Klines/sec 181.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 407 pages/sec 392.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 501.6 Mpixels/sec 466.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 356.4 pages/sec 283.3 pages/sec
Background blur 81.2 images/sec 64.4 images/sec
Photo processing 141.3 images/sec 134.2 images/sec
Ray tracing 47.2 Mpixels/sec 41.8 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 635 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math - 172.6 GOps/sec
Floating point math - 117.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers - 182M Primes/sec
Random string sorting - 62.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption - 34.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression - 559.3 MBytes/sec
Physics - 2425 Frames/sec
Extended instructions - 31.7B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3] – 830 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 23.2 PPW 31.7 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 310.2 PPW 271.4 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt - 686.4 PPW
Blender / Watt - 5.92 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 285 and i9 13900

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released December 18, 2024 January 3, 2023
Type Desktop Desktop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 285 i9-13900
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics UHD Graphics 770
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 9 7900
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 9 285
Intel CPU rating (20th and 25th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.5 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.6 GHz 5.2 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 16
E-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (E) 1.9 GHz 1.5 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.6 GHz 4.2 GHz
Total
Total Cores 24 24
Total Threads 24 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 25x 20x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 3MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 65 W 65 W
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 182 W 219 W
Socket FCLGA-1851 LGA-1700
Peak Temperature 105°C 100°C
Desktop CPU ranking (30th and 36th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics Intel UHD Graphics 770
GPU Base Clock - 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 1650 MHz
Shading Units - 256
TMUs - 16
ROPs - 8
Execution Units - 32
TGP - 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
See: Intel UHD Graphics 770 benchmarks

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 285 official page Intel Core i9 13900 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 20

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Comments

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