Intel Core i9-14900 vs Intel Core Ultra 7 165H

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CPU comparison with benchmarks


Intel Core i9-14900 CPU1 vs CPU2 Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Intel Core i9-14900 Intel Core Ultra 7 165H

CPU comparison

In this CPU comparison, we compare the Intel Core i9-14900 and the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H and use benchmarks to check which processor is faster.

We compare the Intel Core i9-14900 24 core processor released in Q1/2024 with the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H which has 16 CPU cores and was introduced in Q4/2023.
Intel Core i9 (78) Family Intel Core Ultra 7 (9)
Intel Core i 14000 (23) CPU group Intel Core Ultra 100H (5)
14 Generation 1
Raptor Lake S Refresh Architecture Meteor Lake H
Desktop / Server Segment Mobile
Intel Core i9-13900 Predecessor --
-- Successor --

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

The Intel Core i9-14900 is a 24 core processor with a clock frequency of 2.00 GHz (5.80 GHz). The processor can compute 32 threads at the same time. The Intel Core Ultra 7 165H clocks with 1.40 GHz (5.00 GHz), has 16 CPU cores and can calculate 22 threads in parallel.

Intel Core i9-14900 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
24 Cores 16
32 Threads 22
hybrid (big.LITTLE) Core architecture hybrid (big.LITTLE)
Yes Hyperthreading Yes
No Overclocking ? No
2.00 GHz (5.80 GHz)
8x Raptor Cove
A-Core 1.40 GHz (5.00 GHz)
6x Redwood Cove
1.50 GHz (4.30 GHz)
16x Gracemont
B-Core 0.90 GHz (3.80 GHz)
8x Crestmont
-- C-Core 0.70 GHz (2.50 GHz)
2x Crestmont

Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning

Processors with the support of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) can process many calculations, especially audio, image and video processing, much faster than classic processors. Algorithms for ML improve their performance the more data they have collected via software. ML tasks can be processed up to 10,000 times faster than with a classic processor.

Intel Core i9-14900 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
-- AI hardware Intel AI engine
-- AI specifications Intel AI Boost @ 1.4 GHz (OpenVINO, WindowsML, DirectML, ONNX RT)

Internal Graphics

Graphics (iGPU) integrated into the processor not only enable image output without having to rely on a dedicated graphics solution, but can also efficiently accelerate video playback.

Intel UHD Graphics 770 GPU Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake)
0.30 GHz GPU frequency 0.60 GHz
1.65 GHz GPU (Turbo) 2.30 GHz
11 GPU Generation --
10 nm Technology 5 nm
3 Max. displays 4
32 Compute units 128
256 Shader 1024
No Hardware Raytracing Yes
No Frame Generation No
64 GB Max. GPU Memory 32 GB
12 DirectX Version 12.2

Hardware codec support

A photo or video codec that is accelerated in hardware can greatly accelerate the working speed of a processor and extend the battery life of notebooks or smartphones when playing videos.

Intel UHD Graphics 770 GPU Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake)
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (8 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h265 / HEVC (10 bit) Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec h264 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec VP9 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec VP8 Decode
Decode Codec AV1 Decode / Encode
Decode / Encode Codec AVC Decode / Encode
Decode Codec VC-1 Decode
Decode / Encode Codec JPEG Decode / Encode

Memory & PCIe

Up to 192 GB of memory in a maximum of 2 memory channels is supported by the Intel Core i9-14900, while the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H supports a maximum of 96 GB of memory with a maximum memory bandwidth of 120.0 GB/s enabled.

Intel Core i9-14900 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
DDR5-5600, DDR4-3200 Memory LPDDR5X-7500, DDR5-5600
192 GB Max. Memory 96 GB
2 (Dual Channel) Memory channels 2 (Dual Channel)
89.6 GB/s Max. Bandwidth 120.0 GB/s
Yes ECC No
32.00 MB L2 Cache 18.00 MB
36.00 MB L3 Cache 24.00 MB
5.0 PCIe version 5.0
20 PCIe lanes 20
78.8 GB/s PCIe Bandwidth 78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

The Intel Core i9-14900 has a TDP of 65 W. The TDP of the Intel Core Ultra 7 165H is 28 W. System integrators use the TDP of the processor as a guide when dimensioning the cooling solution.

Intel Core i9-14900 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
65 W TDP (PL1 / PBP) 28 W
219 W TDP (PL2) 115 W
-- TDP up 65 W
-- TDP down 20 W
100 °C Tjunction max. 110 °C

Technical details

The Intel Core i9-14900 has 68.00 MB cache and is manufactured in 10 nm. The cache of Intel Core Ultra 7 165H is at 42.00 MB. The processor is manufactured in 7 nm.

Intel Core i9-14900 Characteristic Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
10 nm Technology 7 nm
Monolithic Chip design Chiplet
x86-64 (64 bit) Instruction set (ISA) x86-64 (64 bit)
SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2, AVX2+ ISA extensions SSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
LGA 1700 Socket BGA 2049
VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d Virtualization VT-x, VT-x EPT, VT-d
Yes AES-NI Yes
Windows 10, Windows 11, Linux Operating systems Windows 11, Linux
Q1/2024 Release date Q4/2023
549 $ Release price --
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Average performance in benchmarks

⌀ Single core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i9-14900 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H (85%)
⌀ Multi core performance in 2 CPU benchmarks
Intel Core i9-14900 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H (63%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Single-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-14900 Intel Core i9-14900
24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz
2202 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 5.00 GHz
1866 (85%)

Geekbench 5, 64bit (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 5 is a cross plattform benchmark that heavily uses the systems memory. A fast memory will push the result a lot. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-14900 Intel Core i9-14900
24C 32T @ 5.40 GHz
20150 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 4.40 GHz
13192 (65%)

Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The single-core benchmark only evaluates the performance of the fastest CPU core, the number of CPU cores in a processor is irrelevant here.
Intel Core i9-14900 Intel Core i9-14900
24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz
2947 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 5.00 GHz
2502 (85%)

Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)

Geekbench 6 is a benchmark for modern computers, notebooks and smartphones. What is new is an optimized utilization of newer CPU architectures, e.g. based on the big.LITTLE concept and combining CPU cores of different sizes. The multi-core benchmark evaluates the performance of all of the processor's CPU cores. Virtual thread improvements such as AMD SMT or Intel's Hyper-Threading have a positive impact on the benchmark result.
Intel Core i9-14900 Intel Core i9-14900
24C 32T @ 5.40 GHz
20495 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 4.40 GHz
12545 (61%)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

The theoretical computing performance of the internal graphics unit of the processor with simple accuracy (32 bit) in GFLOPS. GFLOPS indicates how many billion floating point operations the iGPU can perform per second.
Intel Core i9-14900 Intel Core i9-14900
Intel UHD Graphics 770 @ 1.65 GHz
846 (19%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
Intel Iris Xe 8 Core Graphics 128 EUs (Meteor Lake) @ 2.30 GHz
4559 (100%)

Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-14900 Intel Core i9-14900
24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz
2242 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 5.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R23 is the successor of Cinebench R20 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-14900 Intel Core i9-14900
24C 32T @ 5.40 GHz
33820 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Single-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The single-core test only uses one CPU core, the amount of cores or hyperthreading ability doesn't count.
Intel Core i9-14900 Intel Core i9-14900
24C 32T @ 5.80 GHz
903 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 5.00 GHz
0 (0%)

Cinebench R20 (Multi-Core)

Cinebench R20 is the successor of Cinebench R15 and is also based on the Cinema 4 Suite. Cinema 4 is a worldwide used software to create 3D forms. The multi-core test involves all CPU cores and taks a big advantage of hyperthreading.
Intel Core i9-14900 Intel Core i9-14900
24C 32T @ 5.40 GHz
12840 (100%)
Intel Core Ultra 7 165H Intel Core Ultra 7 165H
16C 22T @ 4.40 GHz
0 (0%)

Devices using this processor

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