Intel Core i9-14900KS vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

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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Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

Price

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$ 592.49

$ 166.50 slightly less expensive

$ 758.99

Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

17932 points

0.18% slightly better overall score

17900 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

17174 points

6% slightly better gaming score

16115 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

18250 points

18547 points

1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

18506 points

18824 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16117 points

18587 points

15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

515.80 points

555.81 points

7% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

23144 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

22613 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

3237 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

3204 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

Identical

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.2 GHz

3.7 GHz

15% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

6.2 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

5.7 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

20% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

192 GiB

Identical

192 GiB

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

3rd of 1,089

4th 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

2024 November

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 i9-14900KS vs Core Ultra 9 285K specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 285K is faster than the Core i9-14900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-14900KS has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Info from our database shows that they both have the same core count and the same number of threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285K has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-14900KS. Despite this, the Core i9-14900KS has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 285K has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-14900KS. 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. For instance, the Core i9-14900KS has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.