Intel Core Ultra 9 285H vs Ultra 9 275HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 285H with 16-cores against the 2.7 GHz Ultra 9 275HX with 24-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 275HX and 285H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
  • More powerful Arc Graphics 140T integrated graphics: 4.8 vs 1.9 TFLOPS
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming

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) 506 500
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4879 7832
Cinebench Scores (123rd and 30th 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 1480 MB/sec
Clang compilation 129.7 Klines/sec 216.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 425.7 pages/sec 435.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 522.7 Mpixels/sec 545.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 309.2 pages/sec 344.8 pages/sec
Background blur 73.9 images/sec 78.6 images/sec
Photo processing 159.5 images/sec 156.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 26.8 Mpixels/sec 46.2 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 155.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 109.3 GOps/sec 191.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 330M Primes/sec 448M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 41M Strings/sec 74.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26.2 GBytes/sec 47.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 336.1 MBytes/sec 608.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 2512 Frames/sec 3335 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 26.8B Matrices/sec 47B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2125 & 5997 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 35.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 381.6 PPW 371.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 759.8 PPW 1013.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.56 PPW 6.54 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
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-04 (dante)Cinebench 2024133 / 2062
πŸ“˜ 2026-07-04 (dante)Cinebench 20260 / 0
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-04 (Sujan)Cinebench 2024139 / 2318
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-03 (ToadyBoi)Cinebench 2024139 / 2290
πŸ“˜ 2026-04-10 (itsved4nt)Cinebench 2026500 / 7832

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 285H and Ultra 9 275HX

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 6, 2025 January 6, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Arrow Lake
Model number 285H 275HX
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 - AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
Intel CPU rating (46th and 18th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 8
P-Threads 6 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.9 GHz 2.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 16
E-Threads 10 16
Base Frequency (E) 2.7 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.5 GHz 4.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 24
Total Threads 16 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 29x 27x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 160 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 FCBGA-2114
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 105Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (58th and 25th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics 140T Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2350 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 1024 512
TMUs 64 32
ROPs 32 16
Execution Units 8 64
TGP 35 W 14 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.8 TFLOPS
1.9 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
- DDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth - 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 285H official page Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 24

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