Intel Core Ultra 9 288V vs Ultra 9 285H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 3.3 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 288V with 8-cores against the 2.9 GHz Ultra 9 285H with 16-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 285H and 288V
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • Has 12 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • 6% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5.1 GHz)

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
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) - 4879
Cinebench Scores (#123rd 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 1020 MB/sec 1510 MB/sec
Clang compilation 69 Klines/sec 129.7 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 278.5 pages/sec 425.7 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 290.7 Mpixels/sec 522.7 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 312.1 pages/sec 309.2 pages/sec
Background blur 49.8 images/sec 73.9 images/sec
Photo processing 117 images/sec 159.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 14.5 Mpixels/sec 26.8 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 44 GOps/sec 86 GOps/sec
Floating point math 59.5 GOps/sec 109.3 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 194M Primes/sec 330M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 22.6M Strings/sec 41M Strings/sec
Data encryption 14.1 GBytes/sec 26.2 GBytes/sec
Data compression 186.1 MBytes/sec 336.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 1634 Frames/sec 2512 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 15.6B Matrices/sec 26.8B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 500 & 2125 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 17 PPW 24.9 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 299.2 PPW 381.6 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 534.6 PPW 759.8 PPW
Blender / Watt 3.63 PPW 4.56 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 288V
No benchmark results yet
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

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 288V and Ultra 9 285H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released September 4, 2024 January 6, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Lunar Lake Arrow Lake
Model number 288V 285H
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140V Arc Graphics 140T
Rival Equivalent - - AMD Ryzen AI 9 365
Intel CPU rating (72nd and 46th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 6
P-Threads 4 6
Base Frequency (P) 3.3 GHz 2.9 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.1 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 4 10
E-Threads 4 10
Base Frequency (E) 3.3 GHz 2.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 4.5 GHz
Total
Total Cores 8 16
Total Threads 8 16
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 33x 29x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 112K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 12MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 17-37 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 37 W 115 W
Socket FCBGA-2833 FCBGA-2049
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 110Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (83rd and 58th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Arc Graphics 140V Arc Graphics 140T
GPU Base Clock 600 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2050 MHz 2350 MHz
Shading Units 1024 1024
TMUs - 64
ROPs - 32
Execution Units - 8
TGP 30 W 35 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.2 TFLOPS
4.8 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-8533 - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 32 GB 128 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 288V official page Intel Core Ultra 9 285H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 8 28

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