Intel Core Ultra 9 285 vs Intel Xeon w9-3495X

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 24 core CPU vs Intel Xeon W 56 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

16626 points
17471 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15693 points
34% slightly better gaming score
11657 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

16989 points
19679 points
15% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

17189 points
21023 points
22% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

16620 points
24923 points
49% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

465.69 points
1145.63 points
146% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

24
56
133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
112
366% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
31% slightly higher clock speed
1.90 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz
16% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

24
112
366% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
8
300% significantly more memory channels

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

40 MiB
112 MiB
180% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

36 MiB
105 MiB
191% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

12th of 1,089
6th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 2)
Xeon W

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2025 February
2023 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-6400
DDR5-4800

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes
Yes

Core Ultra 9 285 vs Xeon w9-3495X specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Xeon w9-3495X performs better than the Core Ultra 9 285. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 285 has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Xeon w9-3495X has significantly more cores with 56 cores whereas the Core Ultra 9 285 has 24 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 285. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 285 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon w9-3495X. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285 has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Xeon w9-3495X has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core Ultra 9 285. The Xeon w9-3495X also has significantly more 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. For instance, the Core Ultra 9 285 has the same number of threads as cores. This means the the CPU does not support hyperthreading.

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