Intel Core i7-8850H vs Intel Core Ultra 9 288V

Core i7-8850H vs Core Ultra 9 288V comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 288V performs better than the Core i7-8850H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-8850H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 288V has slightly more cores with 8 cores whereas the Core i7-8850H has 6 cores. Despite this, the Core i7-8850H has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 288V. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 288V has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-8850H. Also, the Core Ultra 9 288V has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 288V has more L2 cache than the Core i7-8850H. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i7-8850H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.