Intel Core i7-13850HX vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Core i7-13850HX vs Core Ultra 9 285H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i7-13850HX is faster than the Core Ultra 9 285H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i7-13850HX has slightly more cores with 20 cores whereas the Core Ultra 9 285H has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 285H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-13850HX. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, both these CPUs have the same amount of L2 cache. The Core i7-13850HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i7-13850HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.