Intel Core i7-12650H vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Core i7-12650H vs Core Ultra 9 285H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i7-12650H beats the Core Ultra 9 285H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 9 285H in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 285H has significantly more cores than the Core i7-12650H. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285H has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i7-12650H. But they both have the same number of threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-12650H. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 285H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-12650H. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i7-12650H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.