Intel Core Ultra 9 285H vs i7 13700H

We compared two laptop CPUs: the 2.9 GHz Intel Core Ultra 9 285H with 16-cores against the 2.4 GHz i7 13700H with 14-cores. On this page, you'll find out which processor has better performance in benchmarks, games and other useful information.

Review

General overview and comparison of the processors
Single-Core Performance
Performance in single-threaded apps and benchmarks
Multi-Core Performance
Measure performance when all cores are involved
Power Efficiency
The efficiency score of power consumption
Integrated Graphics
iGPU capabilities for gaming and 3D-intensive tasks
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Key Differences

What are the key differences between 13700H and 285H
Advantages of Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
  • More modern manufacturing process – 3 versus 10 nanometers
  • Newer - released 2 years later
  • More powerful Arc Graphics 140T integrated graphics: 4.8 vs 2.3 TFLOPS
  • Supports up to 128 GB LPDDR5-8400 RAM
  • More than 10Β° C higher critical temperature
  • Has 2 more physical cores
  • 8% higher Turbo Boost frequency (5.4 GHz vs 5 GHz)
  • 14% faster in a single-core Geekbench v6 test - 2897 vs 2546 points

Test in Benchmarks

Comparing the performance of CPUs across various tasks

Cinebench

Reputable cross-platform benchmark for high-performance processors
Cinebench 2024 (Single)
Cinebench 2024 (Multi)
Cinebench 2026 (Single) 506 -
Cinebench 2026 (Multi) 4879 -
Cinebench Scores (#123rd place)

GeekBench v6

The new version of this benchmark emulates common operations often used in real-world apps
Geekbench 6 (Single-Core)
Geekbench 6 (Multi-Core)
File compression 1510 MB/sec 1100 MB/sec
Clang compilation 129.7 Klines/sec 81.1 Klines/sec
HTML 5 Browser 425.7 pages/sec 301.6 pages/sec
PDF Renderer 522.7 Mpixels/sec 354.9 Mpixels/sec
Text processing 309.2 pages/sec 246.6 pages/sec
Background blur 73.9 images/sec 44.3 images/sec
Photo processing 159.5 images/sec 113.5 images/sec
Ray tracing 26.8 Mpixels/sec 17.6 Mpixels/sec
Sources: GeekBench [1], [2] – 633 samples

PassMark

Synthetic test that focuses on raw computational performance for low-level functions
Passmark CPU (Single-Core)
Passmark CPU (Multi-Core)
Integer math 86 GOps/sec 91.1 GOps/sec
Floating point math 109.3 GOps/sec 64.9 GOps/sec
Find prime numbers 330M Primes/sec 100M Primes/sec
Random string sorting 41M Strings/sec 33.1M Strings/sec
Data encryption 26.2 GBytes/sec 17.6 GBytes/sec
Data compression 336.1 MBytes/sec 301.1 MBytes/sec
Physics 2512 Frames/sec 1688 Frames/sec
Extended instructions 26.8B Matrices/sec 17.9B Matrices/sec
Sources: PassMark [3], [4] – 2125 & 4408 samples

Blender

3D rendering test that measures CPU performance in 3D modeling tasks (uses all cores)
Blender CPU
205.02

Performance Per Watt

Shows the score you get per each watt of PL1 TDP
Cinebench 2024 / Watt 24.9 PPW 17 PPW
Geekbench 6 Multi / Watt 381.6 PPW 261.3 PPW
Passmark CPU Mark / Watt 759.8 PPW 574.4 PPW
Blender / Watt 4.56 PPW 4.35 PPW
These are rough calculations, as most CPUs surpass PL1 TDP wattage even in multicore workloads.

Recent User Tests

The latest benchmark tests that have been submitted by users
Intel Core Ultra 9 285H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-16 (AsNapur)Geekbench 6 CPU2756 / 16837
πŸ“˜ 2026-01-16 (AsNapur)Cinebench 2024122 / 1126
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-31 (Adi)Cinebench 2024114 / 804
πŸ“˜ 2025-09-19 (JacoIsHere)Geekbench 6 CPU2868 / 14847
πŸ“˜ 2025-08-07 (Himmanshu Chowdhury)Cinebench 2024117 / 1122
Intel Core i7 13700H
DateBenchmarkResult
πŸ“˜ 2026-08-22 (onotole)Geekbench 6 CPU2745 / 14786
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-15 -> ZayGeekbench 6 CPU2539 / 13137
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 -> ZayCinebench 2024110 / 935
πŸ“˜ 2026-05-10 -> ZayGeekbench 6 CPU2539 / 13140
πŸ“˜ 2025-10-26 (Germantas)Geekbench 6 CPU2455 / 10473

Specifications

Full technical specification of Intel Core Ultra 9 285H and i7 13700H

General

Vendor Intel Intel
Released January 6, 2025 January 3, 2023
Type Laptop Laptop
Instruction Set x86-64 x86-64
Codename Arrow Lake Raptor Lake
Model number 285H i7-13700H
Integrated GPU Arc Graphics 140T Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
Rival Equivalent - AMD Ryzen AI 9 365 - AMD Ryzen 7 6800H
Successor - - Intel Core Ultra 7 265H
Intel CPU rating (46th and 114th place)

CPU

Performance Cores
P-Cores 6 6
P-Threads 6 12
Base Frequency (P) 2.9 GHz 2.4 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (P) 5.4 GHz 5 GHz
Efficient Cores
E-Cores 10 8
E-Threads 10 8
Base Frequency (E) 2.7 GHz 1.8 GHz
Turbo Boost Frequency (E) 4.5 GHz 3.7 GHz
Total
Total Cores 16 14
Total Threads 16 20
Bus Frequency 100 MHz 100 MHz
Multiplier 29x 24x
L1 Cache 112K (per core) 80K (per core)
L2 Cache 2MB (per core) 2MB (per core)
L3 Cache 24MB (shared) 24MB (shared)
Unlocked Multiplier No No

Package

Fabrication Process 3 nm 10 nm
TDP (PL1) 35-45 W (configurable) 35-45 W (configurable)
Max. Boost TDP (PL2) 115 W 115 W
Socket FCBGA-2049 BGA-1744
Peak Temperature 110Β°C 100Β°C
Laptop processors ranking (58th and 151st place)

iGPU

Integrated Graphics Arc Graphics 140T Intel Iris Xe Graphics (96EU)
GPU Base Clock 300 MHz 300 MHz
GPU Boost Clock 2350 MHz 1500 MHz
Shading Units 1024 768
TMUs 64 48
ROPs 32 24
Execution Units 8 96
TGP 35 W 15 W
iGPU FLOPS
4.8 TFLOPS
2.3 TFLOPS

Memory Support

Memory Types - LPDDR5-8400
- LPDDR5x-8400
- DDR5-6400
- DDR5-5200
- DDR4-3200
- LPDDR5-6400
- LPDDR5x-6400
- LPDDR4x-4267
Max. Memory Size 128 GB 96 GB
Memory Channels 2 2
ECC Support No No

Misc

Official Site Intel Core Ultra 9 285H official page Intel Core i7 13700H official page
PCI Express Version 5.0 5.0
PCI Express Lanes 28 28

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