Intel Core i9-10900X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Compare Intel Core X-series 10 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7550 points
7707 points
2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8222 points
10126 points
23% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7324 points
5% slightly better multitasking score
6950 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7249 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
6726 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7406 points
10239 points
38% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

202.00 points
234.24 points
15% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9481 points
14785 points
55% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1574 points
2607 points
65% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
16
60% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
27% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz
5.4 GHz
20% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

48
71% significantly more pcie lanes
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

256 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory
128 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB
4% slightly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

165th of 1,089
157th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933
DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-10900X vs Core Ultra 9 285H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 285H beats the Core i9-10900X in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900X 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 i9-10900X. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285H has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i9-10900X. Despite this, the Core i9-10900X has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 285H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X 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.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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