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Intel Core Ultra 9 288V vs i9 14900HX

62 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
VS
72 out of 100
Intel Core i9 14900HX
Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
Intel Core i9 14900HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 288V with 8-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 288V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 288V
  • More powerful Intel Arc Graphics 140V integrated graphics: 4.2 vs 0.8 TFLOPS
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 8 months later
Advantages of Intel Core i9 14900HX
  • Supports up to 192 GB DDR5-5600 RAM
  • Has 16 more physical cores
  • Has 24 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • 14% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.8 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 9 288V
vs
Core i9 14900HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench Scores (#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 1020 MB/sec 1420 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69 Klines/sec 173.5 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 278.5 pages/sec 463.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 290.7 Mpixels/sec 508.4 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 312.1 pages/sec 287.7 pages/sec
Background blur 49.8 images/sec 54.6 images/sec
Photo processing 117 images/sec 154.7 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.5 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 44 GOps/sec 157.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 59.5 GOps/sec 112.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 194M Primes/sec 193M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.6M Strings/sec 60.8M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.1 GBytes/sec 32.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 186.1 MBytes/sec 539.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1634 Frames/sec 2631 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.6B Matrices/sec 31.2B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 500 & 6694 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
Core Ultra 9 288V
134.21
Core i9 14900HX +164%
354.31

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 17 PPW 32.4 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 299.2 PPW 335.1 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 534.6 PPW 794.6 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.63 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
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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 288V and i9 14900HX

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 4, 2024 January 9, 2024
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Lunar Lake Raptor Lake Refresh
Model number 288V i9-14900HX
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V UHD Graphics (32EU)
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Intel CPU rating (72nd and 36th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 2.2 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5.8 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 16
E-Threads 4 16
Base Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz 1.6 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 4.1 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 24
Total Threads 8 32
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 22x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W 157 W
Socket FCBGA-2833 BGA-1964
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (83rd and 44th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Intel UHD Graphics (32EU)
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2050 MHz 1650 MHz
Shading Units 1024 256
TMUs - 16
ROPs - 8
Execution Units - 32
TGP 30 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 9 288V +425%
4.2 TFLOPS
Core i9 14900HX
0.8 TFLOPS
More info: UHD Graphics Xe (32 EU) compared to Arc 140V

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - DDR5-5600
- DDR4-3200
Max. Memory Size 32 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 288V official page Intel Core i9 14900HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 20

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Comments

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