Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX

Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Benchmarks & Specs

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This very powerful high-end mobile processor is often used in gaming notebooks and workstations.

The Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX has 24 cores with 24 threads and is based on the 2. gen of the Intel Core Ultra 9 series. The processor uses a mainboard with the BGA 2114 socket and was released in Q1/2025.

Performance Overview
Average performance across multiple benchmarks

Single-core performance
Rank 23 / 834
In segment Notebook
Multi-core performance
Rank 13 / 832
In segment Notebook
Geekbench 6 Single-Core

Geekbench 6 Single-Core
Single-core performance

Apple M3 Pro (11-CPU 14-GPU)
11C / 11T · 4.06 GHz
3,125
Apple M3
Apple M3 101 %
8C / 8T · 4.06 GHz
3,125
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
24C / 24T · 5.50 GHz
3,106
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
16C / 32T · 5.10 GHz
3,081
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395
16C / 32T · 5.10 GHz
3,081
Geekbench 6 Multi-Core

Geekbench 6 Multi-Core
Multi-core performance

AMD Ryzen AI Max+ 395
16C / 32T · 3.00 GHz
22,314
AMD Ryzen AI Max+ PRO 395
16C / 32T · 3.00 GHz
22,314
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
24C / 24T · 2.80 GHz
22,200
Apple M2 Ultra (60-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
21,450
Apple M2 Ultra (76-GPU)
24C / 24T · 3.50 GHz
21,450
iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

iGPU - FP32 Performance (Single-precision GFLOPS)

Intel Core i7-1365U
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
1,993
Intel Core i7-1365UE
Intel Iris Xe Graphics 96 (Alder Lake)
1,993
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Intel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)
1,989
Intel Core Ultra 7 165U
Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake)
1,985
Intel Core Ultra 5 225U
Intel Iris Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Meteor Lake)
1,985
AI performance (NPU)

AI performance (NPU)

Apple M2 (8-GPU)
8C / 8T · 0.66 GHz
15.8 TOPS
Apple M2
Apple M2 122 %
8C / 8T · 0.66 GHz
15.8 TOPS
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
24C / 24T · 2.80 GHz
13.0 TOPS
Apple M1 (7-GPU)
8C / 8T · 0.60 GHz
11.0 TOPS
Apple M1 Pro (10-CPU 14-GPU)
10C / 10T · 0.60 GHz
11.0 TOPS

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At a glance

PropertyValue
FamilyIntel Core Ultra 9 (12)
CPU groupIntel Core Ultra 200HX (8)
ArchitectureArrow Lake
Technology3 nm
SegmentNotebook
SocketBGA 2114
Generation2
Predecessor
Successor

CPU Cores and Base Frequency

PropertyValue
CPU Cores / Threads24 / 24
Hyperthreading / SMT
Core architecturehybrid (big.LITTLE)
Core Cluster 1: 8x Lion Cove
2.80 - 5.50 GHz
Core Cluster 2: 16x Skymont
2.10 - 4.60 GHz
L2-Cache40.00 MB
L3-Cache36.00 MB
OverclockingIntel Thermal Velocity Boost
Intel Turbo Boost Max

Integrated graphics (iGPU)

PropertyValue
GPU nameIntel Xe 4 Core Graphics 64 EUs (Arrow Lake)
GPU frequency0.30 - 2.00 GHz
CUs / Shader4 / 512
Raytracing
Max. displays3
Max. GPU Memory32 GB
Technology5 nm
Release dateQ3/2024

NPU AI performance

PropertyValue
AI hardwareIntel® AI Boost
AI specificationsIntel AI Boost NPU 4 @ 13 TOPS
NPU + CPU + iGPU36 TOPS

Memory & PCIe

Memory typeMemory bandwidth
DDR5-6400
102.4 GB/s
PropertyValue
Max. Memory256 GB
Memory channels2
ECC
PCIe5.0 x 20
PCIe Bandwidth78.8 GB/s

Thermal Management

PropertyValue
TDP55 W
TDP (PL2)160 W
TDP up
TDP down45 W
T. junction max.105 °C

Technical details

PropertyValue
Chip designChiplet
AES-NI
Operating systemsWindows 11, Linux
Instruction setx86-64 (64 bit)
ISA extensionsSSE4.1, SSE4.2, AVX2
Release dateQ1/2025
Release price
DocumentsTechnical data sheet
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
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