Intel Core i9-12950HX vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285

Core i9-12950HX vs Core Ultra 9 285 benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 285 beats the Core i9-12950HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-12950HX in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 285 has significantly more cores than the Core i9-12950HX. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285 has 24 cores compared to 16 cores found in the Core i9-12950HX. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 285 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12950HX. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 285 has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-12950HX. The Core Ultra 9 285 also has slightly more L3 cache.

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 i9-12950HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.