Intel Core Ultra 9 285H vs Apple M4 Ultra
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We compared two CPUs: the 2.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 285H (laptop) with 16-cores against the 4.52 GHz Apple M4 Ultra (desktop) with 32-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.
Please note that the tests on the Apple M4 Ultra are done on an engineering sample provided by our insiders. The data will be more accurate after the final version of this CPU is available.
Key Differences
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
- More than 10ยฐ C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Apple M4 Ultra
- More powerful Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) integrated graphics: 32.3 vs 4.8 TFLOPS
- Has 16 more physical cores
- Supports up to 192 GB LPDDR5X-8533 RAM
- 40% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 4062 vs 2897 points
Test in Benchmarks
Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasksCinebench
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
| Cinebench 2026 (Single) | 506 | - |
| Cinebench 2026 (Multi) | 4879 | - |
Cinebench Scores (#123rd place)
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
| File compression | 1510 MB/sec | - |
| Clang compilation | 129.7 Klines/sec | - |
| HTML 5 Browser | 425.7 pages/sec | - |
| PDF Renderer | 522.7 Mpixels/sec | - |
| Text processing | 309.2 pages/sec | - |
| Background blur | 73.9 images/sec | - |
| Photo processing | 159.5 images/sec | - |
| Ray tracing | 26.8 Mpixels/sec | - |
PassMark
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
| Integer math | 86 GOps/sec | - |
| Floating point math | 109.3 GOps/sec | - |
| Find prime numbers | 330M Primes/sec | - |
| Random string sorting | 41M Strings/sec | - |
| Data encryption | 26.2 GBytes/sec | - |
| Data compression | 336.1 MBytes/sec | - |
| Physics | 2512 Frames/sec | - |
| Extended instructions | 26.8B Matrices/sec | - |
Blender
Blender CPU
Performance Per Watt
| Cinebench 2024 / Watt | 24.9 PPW | - |
| Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt | 381.6 PPW | - |
| Passmark CPU Mark / Watt | 759.8 PPW | - |
| Blender / Watt | 4.56 PPW | - |
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.
Recent User Tests
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
| Date | Benchmark | Result |
|---|---|---|
| ๐ 2026-01-16 (AsNapur) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2756 / 16837 |
| ๐ 2026-01-16 (AsNapur) | Cinebench 2024 | 122 / 1126 |
| ๐ 2025-10-31 (Adi) | Cinebench 2024 | 114 / 804 |
| ๐ 2025-09-19 (JacoIsHere) | Geekbench 6 CPU | 2868 / 14847 |
| ๐ 2025-08-07 (Himmanshu Chowdhury) | Cinebench 2024 | 117 / 1122 |
Apple M4 Ultra
No benchmark results yet
Specifications
Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 285H and Apple M4 UltraGeneral
| Vendor | Intel | Apple |
| Released | January 6, 2025 | May 1, 2025 |
| Type | Laptop | Desktop |
| Instruction Set | x86-64 | ARMv9 |
| Codename | Arrow Lake | Apple M4 |
| Model number | 285H | - |
| Integrated GPU | Arc Graphics 140T | Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) |
| Rival Equivalent | - AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 | - |
Intel CPU rating (#46th place)
CPU
| P-Cores | 6 | 24 |
| P-Threads | 6 | 24 |
| Base Frequency (P) | 2.9 GHz | 4.52 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (P) | 5.4 GHz | - |
| E-Cores | 10 | 8 |
| E-Threads | 10 | 8 |
| Base Frequency (E) | 2.7 GHz | 2.89 GHz |
| Turbo Boost Frequency (E) | 4.5 GHz | - |
| Total Cores | 16 | 32 |
| Total Threads | 16 | 32 |
| Bus Frequency | 100 MHz | - |
| Multiplier | 29x | 45x |
| L1 Cache | 112K (per core) | - |
| L2 Cache | 2MB (per core) | - |
| L3 Cache | 24MB (shared) | - |
| Unlocked Multiplier | No | No |
Package
| Fabrication Process | 3 nm | 3 nm |
| TDP (PL1) | 35-45 W (configurable) | - |
| Max. Boost TDP (PL2) | 115 W | - |
| Socket | FCBGA-2049 | Apple M-Socket |
| Peak Temperature | 110ยฐC | 100ยฐC |
Laptop processors ranking (#58th place)
iGPU
| Integrated Graphics | Arc Graphics 140T | Apple M4 Ultra GPU (80-core) |
| GPU Base Clock | 300 MHz | 500 MHz |
| GPU Boost Clock | 2350 MHz | 1578 MHz |
| Shading Units | 1024 | 10240 |
| TMUs | 64 | 640 |
| ROPs | 32 | 320 |
| Execution Units | 8 | 1280 |
| TGP | 35 W | 120 W |
iGPU FLOPS
Memory Support
| Memory Types | - LPDDR5-8400 - LPDDR5x-8400 - DDR5-6400 |
- LPDDR5X-8533 |
| Max. Memory Size | 128 GB | 192 GB |
| Memory Channels | 2 | 64 |
| Max. Memory Bandwidth | - | 1052 GB/s |
| ECC Support | No | No |
Misc
| Official Site | Intel Core Ultra 9 285H official page | - |
| PCI Express Version | 5.0 | - |
| PCI Express Lanes | 28 | - |
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