Intel Core i9-13900KF vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

Compare Intel 13th Generation Core i9 24 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 24 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

Price

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$ 551.08

$ 207.91 significantly less expensive

$ 758.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

17180 points

17900 points

4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

16331 points

1% slightly better gaming score

16115 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

17547 points

18547 points

5% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

17852 points

18824 points

5% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16391 points

18587 points

13% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

526.86 points

555.81 points

5% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

19500 points

22613 points

15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2919 points

3204 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz

3.7 GHz

23% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.8 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

5.7 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

192 GiB

49% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

32 MiB

40 MiB

25% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB

Identical

36 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

8th of 1,089

4th 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

2022 October

2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600

DDR5-6400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-13900KF vs Core Ultra 9 285K benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 285K beats the Core i9-13900KF in overall performance. Despite this, the Core i9-13900KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i9-13900KF has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-13900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 285K has more L2 cache than the Core i9-13900KF. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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 i9-13900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.