Intel Core i9-9900KF vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 16 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

6827 points
7431 points
8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8465 points
9839 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6279 points
6707 points
6% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6130 points
6519 points
6% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7066 points
10239 points
44% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

176.47 points
234.24 points
32% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8172 points
14785 points
80% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1723 points
2607 points
51% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
Identical
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
24% slightly higher clock speed
2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.4 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
28
75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB
Identical
128 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2 MiB
28 MiB
1300% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

211th of 1,099
173rd of 1,099

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 February
2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-8400

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-9900KF vs Core Ultra 9 285H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 285H performs better than the Core i9-9900KF. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900KF in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 285H has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i9-9900KF has 8 cores. But they both have the same number of threads. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-9900KF has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 285H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 285H has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900KF. The Core Ultra 9 285H also has significantly more 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 i9-9900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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