Intel Core i9-14900HX vs Intel Core Ultra 5 235

Compare Intel Core i9 (14th gen) 24 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 14 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

10999 points
1% slightly better overall score
10867 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11453 points
13656 points
19% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10950 points
10% slightly better multitasking score
9935 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11076 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score
9663 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

340.82 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
304.58 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
71% significantly more cores
14

Threads

Number of logical processing units

32
128% significantly more threads
14

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.2 GHz
3.4 GHz
54% significantly higher clock speed

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
23% slightly more L2 cache
26 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

69th of 1,089
71st 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

Core i9-14900HX vs Core Ultra 5 235 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-14900HX beats the Core Ultra 5 235 in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 5 235 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core i9-14900HX has significantly more cores than the Core Ultra 5 235. Indeed, the Core i9-14900HX has 24 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core Ultra 5 235. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 235. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 5 235 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900HX. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-14900HX has more L2 cache than the Core Ultra 5 235. The Core i9-14900HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

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

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