Intel Core i7-14700 vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX

Core i7-14700 vs Core Ultra 9 285HX benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 285HX performs better than the Core i7-14700. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 285HX has slightly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i7-14700 that has 20 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-14700 has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 285HX. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 9 285HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-14700. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 285HX has many more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-14700. The Core Ultra 9 285HX also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i7-14700 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.