Intel Core i7-6700HQ vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

Core i7-6700HQ vs Core Ultra 9 285K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 285K performs better than the Core i7-6700HQ. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-6700HQ in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 285K has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core i7-6700HQ that has 4 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-6700HQ. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 285K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-6700HQ. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285K has a significantly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-6700HQ has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.