Intel Core Ultra 9 285H vs AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 285H with 16-cores against the 2.0 GHz AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 with 12-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 375 and 285H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
  • Newer - released 6 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Has 4 more physical cores
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • More powerful AMD Radeon 890M integrated graphics: 5.9 vs 4.8 TFLOPS

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 506 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4879 -
Cinebench Scores (123rd and 98th place)

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)
File compression 1510 MB/sec 1270 MB/sec
Clang compilation 129.7 Klines/sec 131.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 425.7 pages/sec 304 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 522.7 Mpixels/sec 480.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 309.2 pages/sec 316.2 pages/sec
Background blur 73.9 images/sec 74.1 images/sec
Photo processing 159.5 images/sec 135.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 26.8 Mpixels/sec 32.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2]

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 86 GOps/sec 124.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 109.3 GOps/sec 78.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 330M Primes/sec 129M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 41M Strings/sec 48.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26.2 GBytes/sec 22.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 336.1 MBytes/sec 446.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 2512 Frames/sec 1911 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 26.8B Matrices/sec 32B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2125 & 140 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 24.9 PPW 23.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 381.6 PPW 300.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 759.8 PPW 654.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.56 PPW -
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-16 (AsNapur)Geekbench 6 CPU2756 / 16837
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-16 (AsNapur)Cinebench 2024122 / 1126
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-31 (Adi)Cinebench 2024114 / 804
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-19 (JacoIsHere)Geekbench 6 CPU2868 / 14847
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-07 (Himmanshu Chowdhury)Cinebench 2024117 / 1122
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-31 (DavidchoGamer84)Cinebench 2024121 / 1277

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 285H and AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375

General

Vendor Intel Amd
Released January 6, 2025 July 24, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 5 (Strix Point)
Model number 285H 375
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T Radeon 890M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 - Intel Core i9 14900HX
Successor - - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475
Intel CPU rating (#46th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#27th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 4
P-Threads 6 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.9 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 8
E-Threads 10 16
Base Frequency (E) 2.7 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.5 GHz 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 12
Total Threads 16 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 29x 20x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 15-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W -
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP8
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (58th and 39th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics 140T AMD Radeon 890M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2350 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 1024 1024
TMUs 64 64
ROPs 32 32
Execution Units 8 16
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.8 TFLOPS
5.9 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 285H official page AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 16

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Comments

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