Intel Core i7-12700KF vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285

Core i7-12700KF vs Core Ultra 9 285 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 285 is faster than the Core i7-12700KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-12700KF in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 285 has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core i7-12700KF has 12 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12700KF. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-12700KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 285. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285 has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-12700KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.