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

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

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 285HX beats the Core i7-14700HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700HX in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 285HX has slightly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core i7-14700HX has 20 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 285HX. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 285HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-14700HX. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 285HX has many more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-14700HX. The Core Ultra 9 285HX 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 i7-14700HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.