Intel Core i9-14900 vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285

Compare Intel Core i9 (14th gen) 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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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

14922 points
16626 points
11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13579 points
15693 points
15% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

15426 points
16989 points
10% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

15717 points
17189 points
9% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

15510 points
16620 points
7% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

316.59 points
465.69 points
47% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
Identical
24

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
33% slightly more threads
24

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2 GHz
2.5 GHz
25% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.8 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed
5.6 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20
24
20% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

192 GiB
256 GiB
33% slightly 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

24th of 1,089
12th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core i9 (14th gen)
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2024 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-5600
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Core i9-14900 vs Core Ultra 9 285 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 285 is faster than the Core i9-14900. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-14900 in all gaming tests too.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i9-14900 has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 9 285 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-14900. Despite this, the Core i9-14900 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 285 has more L2 cache than the Core i9-14900. 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 i9-14900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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