Intel Core i9-13950HX vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Core i9-13950HX vs Core Ultra 9 285H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13950HX beats the Core Ultra 9 285H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core Ultra 9 285H has 16 cores. It also 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 i9-13950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13950HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-13950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 285H.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-13950HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.