Intel Core i7-8086K vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

Core i7-8086K vs Core Ultra 9 285K comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 285K performs better than the Core i7-8086K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8086K 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 i7-8086K that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-8086K. Our comparison shows that the Core i7-8086K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 285K. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 285K has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8086K. The Core Ultra 9 285K also has significantly 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 i7-8086K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.