Intel Core i9-11900KF vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225H

Compare Intel 11th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 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

8335 points
8480 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10716 points
11186 points
4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7549 points
7624 points
0.99% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7340 points
7391 points
0.69% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

206.76 points
3% slightly higher Blender score
199.93 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9980 points
11870 points
18% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2320 points
2425 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
14
75% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
14% slightly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
105% significantly higher clock speed
1.7 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.9 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
28
40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
22 MiB
450% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
18 MiB
12% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

143rd of 1,121
133rd of 1,121

Family

The product line

11th Generation Core i9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2021 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-3200
DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-11900KF vs Core Ultra 5 225H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 225H is faster than the Core i9-11900KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-11900KF in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more cores than the Core i9-11900KF. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225H has 14 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-11900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-11900KF has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i9-11900KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 5 225H. Also, the Core i9-11900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 225H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-11900KF. The Core Ultra 5 225H also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i9-11900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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