Intel Core i9-14900HX vs Intel Core Ultra 9 275HX

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

10999 points
15155 points
37% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

11453 points
14741 points
28% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

10950 points
15354 points
40% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

11076 points
15488 points
39% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12548 points
16352 points
30% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

340.82 points
466.44 points
36% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

15507 points
17922 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2661 points
2844 points
6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) 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

2.2 GHz
2.7 GHz
22% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.8 GHz
7% slightly higher turbo speed
5.4 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

69th of 1,089
21st 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

-
No

Core i9-14900HX vs Core Ultra 9 275HX comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 275HX beats the Core i9-14900HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-14900HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i9-14900HX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 9 275HX has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-14900HX. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 275HX has more L2 cache than the Core i9-14900HX. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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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