Intel Core i9-14900KF vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX

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

15773 points
17532 points
11% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15321 points
15815 points
3% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16003 points
18156 points
13% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

16246 points
18414 points
13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16795 points
17764 points
5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

508.28 points
515.66 points
1% slightly 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

3.2 GHz
14% slightly higher clock speed
2.8 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

18th of 1,089
5th 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

2023 November
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 i9-14900KF vs Core Ultra 9 285HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 285HX performs better than the Core i9-14900KF. Despite this, the Core i9-14900KF has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i9-14900KF has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-14900KF has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 285HX. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 285HX has more L2 cache than the Core i9-14900KF. 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 i9-14900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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