Who is the Intel - Core Ultra 9 285H for?
Entry-tier cpu. Below 58 on the Mars Score means several weighted specs trail the category leaders by a wide margin.
Only consider if there's a specific reason — price, brand loyalty, ecosystem fit. The best cpus page will show what your money buys at a higher tier.
Mars Score is computed from 11 measured specs against the transparent formula for the cpus category. No editorial picks, no paid placement.
Pros and cons at a glance
- ▲Boost clock: 5.4 GHz.
- ▼L3 cache: 24 MB (below category average).
- ▼Threads: 16 (below category average).
- ▼Cores: 16 (below category average).
- ▼Cinebench R23 (multi): 21500 (below category average).
Pros are specs scoring ≥75% of the category normalization range. Cons are ≤35%. Derived from the Mars Score formula — no hand-curated lists.
At a glance
- Cores
- 16
- Threads
- 16
- Boost clock
- 5.4GHz
- TDP
- 45W
All specifications
Cores
- Base clock?
- 2.9 GHz
- Boost clock?
- 5.4 GHz
Benchmarks
Latest from the lab
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