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

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.8 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX with 24-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
NanoReview Final Score
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 375 and 285HX
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
  • Has 12 more physical cores
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Newer - released 6 months later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 4 nanometers
  • Newer PCI Express version – 5.0
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.5 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)
Advantages of AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
  • More powerful AMD Radeon 890M integrated graphics: 5.9 vs 2 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 Scores (13th 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 1540 MB/sec 1270 MB/sec
Clang compilation 227 Klines/sec 131.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 483.8 pages/sec 304 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 592.1 Mpixels/sec 480.8 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 350.1 pages/sec 316.2 pages/sec
Background blur 90.1 images/sec 74.1 images/sec
Photo processing 161.3 images/sec 135.3 images/sec
Ray tracing 50.5 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 154.3 GOps/sec 124.4 GOps/sec
Floating point math 193.9 GOps/sec 78.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 457M Primes/sec 129M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 76.7M Strings/sec 48.5M Strings/sec
Data encryption 48.3 GBytes/sec 22.3 GBytes/sec
Data compression 628.2 MBytes/sec 446.6 MBytes/sec
Physics 3444 Frames/sec 1911 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 48.8B Matrices/sec 32B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 821 & 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 40.7 PPW 23.6 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 382.6 PPW 300.7 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1028.2 PPW 654.5 PPW
Blender / Watt 9.47 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 285HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-19 (bikerboy80)Cinebench 2024126 / 2240
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-19 (bikerboy85)Cinebench 2024126 / 2240
AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-31 (DavidchoGamer84)Cinebench 2024121 / 1277

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX 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 285HX 375
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 890M
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX - Intel Core i9 14900HX
Successor - - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 475
Intel CPU rating (#12th place)
AMD Ryzen CPU ranking (#27th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 4
P-Threads 8 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.8 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.5 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 8
E-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz 2.0 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.6 GHz 3.3 GHz
Total
Total Cores 24 12
Total Threads 24 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 28x 20x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 1MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 4 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 15-54 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 160 W -
Socket FCBGA-2114 FP8
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (19th and 39th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) AMD Radeon 890M
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 400 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 2900 MHz
Shading Units 512 1024
TMUs 32 64
ROPs 16 32
Execution Units 64 16
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
5.9 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5X-8000
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s -
ECC Support Yes No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX official page AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 4.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 16

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 375 or Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX?
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Daddy of AMDumbs January 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Intel easily wins here paired with a dedicated rtx 50 series gpu its gonna be the best combo ever
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