Intel Core Ultra 7 165H vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 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

6976 points
7431 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9640 points
9839 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6199 points
6707 points
8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6011 points
6519 points
8% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

193.42 points
234.24 points
21% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

22
37% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.4 GHz
2.9 GHz
107% significantly higher clock speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
Identical
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

96 GiB
128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

18 MiB
28 MiB
55% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
Identical
24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

203rd of 1,099
173rd of 1,099

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
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

DDR5-7467
DDR5-8400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core Ultra 7 165H vs Core Ultra 9 285H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 7 165H is faster than the Core Ultra 9 285H. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 9 285H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core Ultra 7 165H has more threads. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 7 165H. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 285H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core Ultra 7 165H. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core Ultra 7 165H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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