Intel Xeon E5-2699 v3 vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Compare Intel Xeon E5 v3 Family 18 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

6700 points

7431 points

10% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

5199 points

9839 points

89% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7270 points

8% slightly better multitasking score

6707 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7597 points

16% slightly better heavy workload score

6519 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

219.38 points

234.24 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

125% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.3 GHz

2.9 GHz

26% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.6 GHz

5.4 GHz

49% significantly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

42% many more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

768 GiB

499% significantly more supported memory

128 GiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

217th of 1,099

173rd of 1,099

Family

The product line

Xeon E5 v3 Family

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2014 August

2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-1600

DDR5-8400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon E5-2699 v3 vs Core Ultra 9 285H benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 285H is faster than the Xeon E5-2699 v3. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon E5-2699 v3 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Xeon E5-2699 v3 has slightly more cores with 18 cores compared to the Core Ultra 9 285H that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 285H. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 285H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Xeon E5-2699 v3. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285H has a significantly higher turbo speed.

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 Xeon E5-2699 v3 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.