Intel Core i7-9800X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Core i7-9800X vs Core Ultra 9 285H specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 285H beats the Core i7-9800X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-9800X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 285H has significantly more cores than the Core i7-9800X. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285H has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i7-9800X. But they both have the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i7-9800X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 285H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly 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 i7-9800X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.