Intel Core i7-11800H vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

Core i7-11800H vs Core Ultra 9 285K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 285K performs better than the Core i7-11800H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11800H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 285K has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core i7-11800H has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11800H. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 285K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11800H. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285K has a slightly higher turbo speed.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i7-11800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.