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Intel Core Ultra 9 386H vs Ultra 9 275HX

69 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
VS
78 out of 100
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.1 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 386H 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.

  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 275HX and 386H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 386H
  • Newer - released 1 year and 1 month later
  • More modern manufacturing process – 2 versus 3 nanometers
  • Around 51.2 GB/s (50%) higher theoretical memory bandwidth
  • More powerful Intel Xe3 Graphics integrated graphics: 2.6 vs 1.9 TFLOPS
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX
  • Has 18 MB larger L3 cache size, helping fully utilize a high-end GPU in gaming
  • Unlocked multiplier
  • Supports up to 256 GB DDR5-6400 RAM
  • Has 8 more physical cores
  • 10% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 4.9 GHz)

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks
CPU:
Core Ultra 9 386H
vs
Core Ultra 9 275HX

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 502 500
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4687 7832
Cinebench Scores (102nd and 29th 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 1420 MB/sec 1480 MB/sec
Clang compilation 118.2 Klines/sec 216.2 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 426.1 pages/sec 435.5 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 483.8 Mpixels/sec 545.5 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 286.3 pages/sec 344.8 pages/sec
Background blur 65.7 images/sec 78.6 images/sec
Photo processing 157.6 images/sec 156.4 images/sec
Ray tracing 24.3 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 87.7 GOps/sec 155.2 GOps/sec
Floating point math 109.4 GOps/sec 191.1 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 347M Primes/sec 448M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 43.6M Strings/sec 74.3M Strings/sec
Data encryption 27.8 GBytes/sec 47.1 GBytes/sec
Data compression 365.2 MBytes/sec 608.4 MBytes/sec
Physics 3086 Frames/sec 3335 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 30.2B Matrices/sec 47B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 156 & 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 49.6 PPW 35.3 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 668.2 PPW 371.8 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 1446.8 PPW 1013.7 PPW
Blender / Watt 9.76 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
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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
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Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 386H and Ultra 9 275HX

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 5, 2026 January 6, 2025
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Panther Lake Arrow Lake
Model number 386H 275HX
Integrated GPU Xe3 Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 9 HX 470 - AMD Ryzen 9 9850HX
Intel CPU rating (43rd and 18th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 4 8
P-Threads 4 8
Base Frequency (P) 2.1 GHz 2.7 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 4.9 GHz 5.4 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 12 16
E-Threads 12 16
Base Frequency (E) 1.6 GHz 2.1 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 3.7 GHz 4.6 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 24
Total Threads 16 24
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 20x 27x
L1 Cache 192K (per core) 192K (per core)
L2 Cache 2560K (per core) 3MB (per core)
L3 Cache 18MB (shared) 36MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No Yes

Package

Fabrication Process 2 nm 3 nm
TDP (PL1) 15-25 W (configurable) 45-55 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 80 W 160 W
Socket FCBGA2540 FCBGA-2114
Peak Temperature 100Β°C 105Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (54th and 24th place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Intel Xe3 Graphics Arc Graphics (4-Cores)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2500 MHz 1900 MHz
Shading Units 512 512
TMUs 32 32
ROPs 16 16
Execution Units 4 64
TGP 25 W 14 W
iGPU FLOPS
Core Ultra 9 386H +37%
2.6 TFLOPS
Core Ultra 9 275HX
1.9 TFLOPS
More info: Arc iGPU (4-Cores) compared to Xe3 Graphics (4-Core)

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5X-9600
- DDR5-7200		 - DDR5-6400
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 256 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
Max. Memory Bandwidth 153.6 GB/s 102.4 GB/s
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 386H official page Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 20 24

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Comments

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