Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX 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

17532 points

0.35% slightly better overall score

17471 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

15815 points

35% slightly better gaming score

11657 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

18156 points

19679 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

18414 points

21023 points

14% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

17764 points

24923 points

40% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

515.66 points

1145.63 points

122% significantly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

133% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

112

366% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

47% significantly higher clock speed

1.90 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.5 GHz

14% slightly higher turbo speed

4.8 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

112

366% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

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

5th 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

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

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 285HX performs better than the Xeon w9-3495X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon w9-3495X in all gaming tests too.

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