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Intel Core Ultra 9 285H vs i9 14900HX

69 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
VS
72 out of 100
Intel Core i9 14900HX
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
Intel Core i9 14900HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 285H with 16-cores against the 2.2 GHz i9 14900HX with 24-cores. 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
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 14900HX and 285H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics 140T integrated graphics: 4.8 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
Advantages of Intel Core i9 14900HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • 7% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.8 GHz vs 5.4 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 9 285H
vs
Core i9 14900HX

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 45th 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)
File compression 1510 MB/sec 1420 MB/sec
Clang compilation 129.7 Klines/sec 173.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 425.7 pages/sec 463.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 522.7 Mpixels/sec 508.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 309.2 pages/sec 287.7 pages/sec
Background blur 73.9 images/sec 54.6 images/sec
Photo processing 159.5 images/sec 154.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 26.8 Mpixels/sec 39.9 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 545 samples

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 157.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 109.3 GOps/sec 112.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 330M Primes/sec 193M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 41M Strings/sec 60.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26.2 GBytes/sec 32.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 336.1 MBytes/sec 539.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2512 Frames/sec 2631 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 26.8B Matrices/sec 31.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2125 & 6694 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 9 285H
205.02
Core i9 14900HX +73%
354.31

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.9 PPW 32.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 381.6 PPW 335.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 759.8 PPW 794.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.56 PPW 6.44 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
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Intel Core i9 14900HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-22 (GEORGE FORMBY)Cinebench 2024124 / 1417
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-15 (jmtisi)Cinebench 2024111 / 629
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-26 (Ivan)Cinebench 2024125 / 1571
πŸ“˜ 2025-06-14 (JoeG)Cinebench 2024121 / 1334
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-05 (Justin0220)Cinebench 2024125 / 1064
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 285H and i9 14900HX

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 6, 2025 January 9, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number 285H i9-14900HX
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T UHD Graphics (32EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Intel CPU rating (46th and 36th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.9 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 16
E-Threads 10 16
Base Frequency (E) 2.7 GHz 1.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.5 GHz 4.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 24
Total Threads 16 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 29x 22x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 157 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1964
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (58th and 43rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics 140T Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2350 MHz 1650 MHz
Shading Units 1024 256
TMUs 64 16
ROPs 32 8
Execution Units 8 32
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 9 285H +500%
4.8 TFLOPS
Core i9 14900HX
0.8 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU) compared to Arc 140T

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400		 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support No Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 285H official page Intel Core i9 14900HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 20

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Comments

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