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Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX vs i9 14900HX

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

We compared two 24-core laptop CPUs: the 2.8 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX against the 2.2 GHz i9 14900HX. 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 (4)

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 285HX
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • More powerful Arc Graphics (4-Cores) integrated graphics: 2 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • Newer - released 1 year later
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Around 12.8 GB/s (14%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
Advantages of Intel Core i9 14900HX
  • 5% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.8 GHz vs 5.5 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

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

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (11th and 44th 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 1540 MB/sec 1420 MB/sec
Clang compilation 227 Klines/sec 173.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 483.8 pages/sec 463.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 592.1 Mpixels/sec 508.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 350.1 pages/sec 287.7 pages/sec
Background blur 90.1 images/sec 54.6 images/sec
Photo processing 161.3 images/sec 154.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 50.5 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 154.3 GOps/sec 157.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 193.9 GOps/sec 112.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 457M Primes/sec 193M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 76.7M Strings/sec 60.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 48.3 GBytes/sec 32.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 628.2 MBytes/sec 539.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 3444 Frames/sec 2631 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 48.8B Matrices/sec 31.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 821 & 6694 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 32.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 382.6 PPW 335.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1028.2 PPW 794.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 9.47 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 285HX
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-19 (bikerboy80)Cinebench 2024126 / 2240
πŸ“˜ 2025-04-19 (bikerboy85)Cinebench 2024126 / 2240
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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 285HX 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 285HX i9-14900HX
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) UHD Graphics (32EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen 9 9955HX - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Intel CPU rating (12th and 36th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 8 8
P-Threads 8 16
Base Frequency (P) 2.8 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.5 GHz 5.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 16 16
E-Threads 16 16
Base Frequency (E) 2.1 GHz 1.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.6 GHz 4.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 24 24
Total Threads 24 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 28x 22x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 36MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier Yes Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 45-55 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 160 W 157 W
Socket FCBGA-2114 BGA-1964
Peak Temperature 105Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (18th and 43rd place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2000 MHz 1650 MHz
Shading Units 512 256
TMUs 32 16
ROPs 16 8
Execution Units 64 32
TGP 14 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 9 285HX +150%
2 TFLOPS
Core i9 14900HX
0.8 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU) compared to Arc iGPU (4-Cores)

Memory Support

Memory Types - DDR5-6400 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 256 GB 192 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 102.4 GB/s 89.6 GB/s
ECC Support Yes Yes

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX official page Intel Core i9 14900HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 24 20

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Comments

So which CPU will you choose: Intel Core i9 14900HX or Ultra 9 285HX?
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azooz March 12, 2025 at 04:14 AM
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX is garbage
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kiwi3030 May 1, 2025 at 03:16 AM
honestly i think its good for workstation and stuff and dont expect it to be really really good as its supposed to be a cpu that's more power efficient then the previous generations plus intel only started using 3nm chips around half a year ago so don't expect super high end results another thing is that the electricity to performance ratio is a big difference (around 20 percent less) your probably calling it garbage cuz of this price, if your saying the price to user experience is garbage/not worth it, then ill agree too but the specs for the cpu aint that bad if your not referring to the price but rather the cpu itself
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random_guy March 6, 2025 at 01:48 AM
who would've thought Intel would start fabricating a chip which architecture is 3nm after being stuck at 10nm for many years
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Adiyan March 1, 2025 at 06:33 AM
I don't understand why don't people like new things?
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