Intel Core i9-13900H vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 14 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

7077 points
7707 points
8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9022 points
10126 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6522 points
6950 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6425 points
6726 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8124 points
10239 points
26% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

200.38 points
234.24 points
16% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14
16
14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
25% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.6 GHz
2.9 GHz
11% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.4 GHz
Identical
5.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
Identical
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

64 GiB
128 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

4 MiB
28 MiB
599% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
Identical
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

187th of 1,089
158th of 1,089

Family

The product line

13th Generation Core i9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5200
DDR5-8400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-13900H vs Core Ultra 9 285H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 285H is faster than the Core i9-13900H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-13900H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 285H has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i9-13900H that has 14 cores. Despite this, the Core i9-13900H has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 285H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-13900H. Furthermore, both these CPUs have identical turbo speeds. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 285H has more L2 cache than the Core i9-13900H. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i9-13900H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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