Intel Core i9-14900 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 255HX

Core i9-14900 vs Core Ultra 7 255HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-14900 is faster than the Core Ultra 7 255HX. Despite this, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-14900 has slightly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core Ultra 7 255HX that has 20 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 7 255HX. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 7 255HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900. Despite this, the Core i9-14900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 255HX has slightly more L2 cache than the Core i9-14900. Despite this, the Core i9-14900 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 7 255HX.

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 i9-14900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.