Intel Xeon Gold 6128 vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H

Compare Intel Xeon Scalable 6 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

6872 points

7431 points

8% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

6615 points

9839 points

48% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7015 points

4% slightly better multitasking score

6707 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7122 points

9% slightly better heavy workload score

6519 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

118.73 points

234.24 points

97% significantly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

6063 points

14785 points

143% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1178 points

2607 points

121% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

33% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.4 GHz

17% slightly higher clock speed

2.9 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

3.7 GHz

5.4 GHz

45% significantly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

71% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

200% 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

209th of 1,099

173rd of 1,099

Family

The product line

Xeon Scalable

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2017 August

2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666

DDR5-8400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Xeon Gold 6128 vs Core Ultra 9 285H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 285H performs better than the Xeon Gold 6128. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Xeon Gold 6128 in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 285H has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Xeon Gold 6128 that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Xeon Gold 6128. Our comparison shows that the Xeon Gold 6128 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 285H. Despite this, 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 Gold 6128 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.