Intel Core Ultra 9 285H vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 9 285H, vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 9 285H and AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
Single-Thread Perf.
Single-Core Benchmark Score
Multi-Thread Perf.
Multi-Core Benchmark Score
Energy Efficiency
Chip Power Efficiency
Integrated Graphics
iGPU Performance in Games & 3D
NanoReview Score
Overall score by NanoReview

Tests & specs

Specs & test comparison

Benchmarks

CPU performance comparison across tasks
Cinebench R23
Cinebench R23 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
2074
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
1805
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
22212
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
17079
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
129
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
106
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
1155
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
967
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
4473
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
3847
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
32761
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
29890
Integer Math83.4 GOps/s101.6 GOps/s
Floating-Point Math106.9 GOps/s62.1 GOps/s
Prime Number Search340 M primes/s93 M primes/s
Random String Sort38.3 M strings/s43.2 M strings/s
Data Encryption24.7 GB/s21.4 GB/s
Data Compression311.8 MB/s358.4 MB/s
Physics2510 frames/s1439 frames/s
Extended Instructions252 M matrices/s271 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
3074
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
2394
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
17628
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
11875
File Compression1470 MB/s494.2 MB/s
Clang Compilation136.6 KLines/s92.7 KLines/s
HTML5 Browser434.7 pages/s287.4 pages/s
PDF Rendering529.3 MP/sec280.8 MP/sec
Text Processing353 pages/s251.5 pages/s
Background Blur79.5 frames/s65.5 frames/s
Photo Processing172 frames/s104.2 frames/s
Ray Tracing27.1 MP/sec27.1 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
205.02
AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS
218.76

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 391.7 PPW 219.9 PPW
PassMark CPU / W 728 PPW 553.5 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 25.7 PPW 17.9 PPW
Blender / W 4.56 PPW 4.05 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced January, 6, 2025 December, 6, 2023
Type Laptop use Laptop use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 4 (Hawk Point)
Model number 285H n/a
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T Radeon 780M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 6 8
Threads 6 16
Frequency 2.9 GHz 4.0 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.4 GHz 5.2 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores10n/a
Threads10n/a
Frequency2.7 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.5 GHzn/a
General
Cores count168
Threads count1616
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier29x40x
L1 cache112 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache2000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache24 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierNoNo

Package

Transistor count n/a 25 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 35-45 W 35-54 W
Max TDP (Boost) 115 W n/a
Socket FCBGA-2049 FP8
Critical temp. 110 °C 100 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
- DDR5-5600
- LPDDR5x-7500
Max Size 128 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support No No

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 28 20

Results

After analyzing the data, we consider Intel Core Ultra 9 285H the clear winner in this comparison.

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