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

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

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 285K is faster than the Core i7-14700HX. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-14700HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 285K has slightly more cores than the Core i7-14700HX. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285K has 24 cores compared to 20 cores found in the Core i7-14700HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14700HX has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 285K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 9 285K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i7-14700HX. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285K has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 285K has many more L2 cache when compared to the Core i7-14700HX. The Core Ultra 9 285K 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.