Intel Core i9-12900H vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Core i9-12900H vs Core Ultra 9 285H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900H performs better than the Core Ultra 9 285H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 9 285H in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 285H has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i9-12900H has 14 cores. Despite this, the Core i9-12900H has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 285H. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900H. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-12900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.