Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700G

Compared 2 processors: Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX, vs AMD Ryzen 7 8700G. Below are specs, tests, pros and cons for each device

Review

Key Specs Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX and AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
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 285HX
2008
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
1821
Cinebench R23 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
35391
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
18049
Cinebench 2024
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
135
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
103
Cinebench 2024 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
2026
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
995
PassMark
PassMark CPU (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
3916
PassMark CPU (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
31619
Integer Mathn/a102.8 GOps/s
Floating-Point Mathn/a63.5 GOps/s
Prime Number Searchn/a104 M primes/s
Random String Sortn/a45.7 M strings/s
Data Encryptionn/a22.8 GB/s
Data Compressionn/a386.1 MB/s
Physicsn/a1661 frames/s
Extended Instructionsn/a29 M matrices/s
GeekBench v6
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
3112
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
2635
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
21839
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
14225
File Compressionn/a1440 MB/s
Clang Compilationn/a108.2 KLines/s
HTML5 Browsern/a303.9 pages/s
PDF Renderingn/a402.6 MP/sec
Text Processingn/a272 pages/s
Background Blurn/a65.4 frames/s
Photo Processingn/a108 frames/s
Ray Tracingn/a23.6 MP/sec

Blender

Real-world 3D modeling test
Blender CPU
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX
n/a
AMD Ryzen 7 8700G
245.21

Performance/Watt

Points per watt of PL1 TDP
Geekbench 6 Multi / W 397.1 PPW 218.8 PPW
PassMark CPU / W n/a 486.4 PPW
Cinebench 2024 / W 36.8 PPW 15.3 PPW
Blender / W n/a 3.77 PPW

General Info

Manufacturer Intel AMD
Announced January, 6, 2025 January, 8, 2024
Type Laptop use PC use
Architecture x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Zen 4 (Phoenix)
Model number 285HX n/a
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics (4-Cores) Radeon 780M

Processor

Performance cores
Cores 8 8
Threads 8 16
Frequency 2.8 GHz 4.2 GHz
Max Frequency (Turbo) 5.5 GHz 5.1 GHz
Efficiency cores
Cores16n/a
Threads16n/a
Frequency2.1 GHzn/a
Max Frequency (Turbo)4.6 GHzn/a
General
Cores count248
Threads count2416
Bus frequency100 MHz100 MHz
Multiplier28x42x
L1 cache112 KB/core64 KB/core
L2 cache2000 KB/core1000 KB/core
L3 Cache36 MB total16 MB total
Unlocked multiplierYesYes

Package

Transistor count n/a 25 billion
Process tech. 3 nm 4 nm
Power (TDP) 45-55 W 45-65 W
Max TDP (Boost) 160 W 88 W
Socket FCBGA-2114 AM5
Critical temp. 105 °C 95 °C

Memory Support

Memory Type DDR5-6400 DDR5-5200
Max Size 192 GB 256 GB
Channels 2 2
ECC support Yes No

Other

PCIe Version 5.0 4.0
Max PCIe Lanes 24 20

Results

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

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