Intel Manufacturer — 39 Processors Compared

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Intel Manufacturer: which one for what?

The 39 models on this page are scored only against each other, for the use you pick. Scores come from the spec sheets; no price and no advertising go in.

What will you use it for? Gaming Content Creation On-device AI Battery Life

Leads for Gaming: Intel Core Ultra 9 285HX89%

Leads for Content Creation: Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX Plus89%

Leads for On-device AI: Intel Core Ultra 7 35581%

Leads for Battery Life: Intel Core 7 35080%

#12#19#5#18
Intel Core Ultra X7 358HIntel
16 · 16 · 4.8 GHz
76% 62% 79% 57%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 50 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#20#34#28#27
Intel Core Ultra 5 245KIntel
14 · 14 · 5.2 GHz
68% 50% 50% 50%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- 13 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#35#32#9#7
Intel Core Ultra 5 226VIntel
8 · 8 · 4.5 GHz
58% 52% 72% 74%
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 40 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
- 17 W — among the frugal ones here
#13#28#17#13
Intel Core Ultra 5 338HIntel
12 · 12 · 4.7 GHz
75% 57% 62% 57%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- 47 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#29#22#2#15
Intel Core Ultra 7 356HIntel
16 · 16 · 4.7 GHz
63% 61% 79% 57%
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 50 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#28#17#3#16
Intel Core Ultra 7 366HIntel
16 · 16 · 4.8 GHz
64% 62% 79% 57%
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 50 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#10#20#6#19
Intel Core Ultra X7 368HIntel
16 · 16 · 5 GHz
79% 62% 79% 57%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 50 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#8#16#8#21
Intel Core Ultra X9 388HIntel
16 · 16 · 5.1 GHz
80% 63% 79% 57%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 5.1 GHz boost
Why it ranks here
- 5.1 GHz boost
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 50 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#34#33#18#3
Intel Core 5 320Intel
6 · 6 · 4.6 GHz
58% 51% 58% 75%
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- 16 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
- 15 W — among the frugal ones here
#24#18#4#17
Intel Core Ultra 9 386HIntel
16 · 16 · 4.9 GHz
66% 62% 79% 57%
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 50 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#30#29#16#12
Intel Core Ultra 5 336HIntel
12 · 12 · 4.6 GHz
62% 56% 62% 57%
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- 47 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#1#2#22#31
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HXIntel
24 · 24 · 5.5 GHz
89% 84% 54% 50%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 5.5 GHz boost
- 36 MB L3 cache
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 24 cores / 24 threads
- 5.5 GHz boost
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#4#7#19#10
Intel Core Ultra 9 285HIntel
16 · 16 · 5.4 GHz
84% 76% 57% 65%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 5.4 GHz boost
- 24 MB L3 cache
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 5.4 GHz boost
Why it ranks here
- 13 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
#14#13#27#29
Intel Core Ultra 7 265KIntel
20 · 20 · 5.5 GHz
75% 70% 51% 50%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
Why it ranks here
- 13 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#11#21#7#20
Intel Core Ultra X9 378HIntel
16 · 16 · 5 GHz
79% 62% 79% 57%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 50 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#21#24#24#4
Intel Core 7 150UIntel
10 · 12 · 5.4 GHz
66% 58% 51% 75%
Why it ranks here
- 5.4 GHz boost
Why it ranks here
- 5.4 GHz boost
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
- 15 W — among the frugal ones here
#33#30#25#5
Intel Core i5-1334UIntel
10 · 12 · 4.6 GHz
59% 55% 51% 75%
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
- 15 W — among the frugal ones here
#22#10#26#22
Intel Core i7-1360PIntel
12 · 16 · 5 GHz
66% 72% 51% 55%
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#31#8#23#23
Intel Core Ultra 5 125HIntel
14 · 18 · 4.5 GHz
61% 73% 52% 55%
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
Why it ranks here
- 11 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#32#25#13#6
Intel Core Ultra 5 225UIntel
12 · 14 · 4.8 GHz
61% 58% 67% 75%
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 12 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
- 15 W — among the frugal ones here
#38#35#29#2
Intel Processor N150Intel
4 · 4 · 3.6 GHz
56% 50% 50% 78%
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
- 6 W — among the frugal ones here
#25#27#14#1
Intel Core 7 350Intel
6 · 6 · 4.8 GHz
65% 57% 64% 80%
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 6 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 6 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- 17 TOPS NPU
- Current model — 6 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
- 15 W — among the frugal ones here
- Current model — 6 months on the market
#7#1#15#25
Intel Core Ultra 9 290HX PlusIntel
24 · 24 · 5.5 GHz
82% 89% 63% 55%
Why it ranks here
- 5.5 GHz boost
- 36 MB L3 cache
- Current model — 9 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 24 cores / 24 threads
- 5.5 GHz boost
- Current model — 9 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- 13 TOPS NPU
- Current model — 9 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 9 months on the market
#27#26#1#11
Intel Core Ultra 7 355Intel
8 · 8 · 4.7 GHz
65% 58% 81% 62%
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 9 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 9 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 49 TOPS NPU
- Current model — 9 months on the market
Why it ranks here
- Current model — 9 months on the market
#2#3#21#30
Intel Core Ultra 9 275HXIntel
24 · 24 · 5.4 GHz
88% 83% 54% 50%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 5.4 GHz boost
- 36 MB L3 cache
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 24 cores / 24 threads
- 5.4 GHz boost
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#17#6#11#24
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HIntel
16 · 16 · 5.1 GHz
70% 76% 69% 55%
Why it ranks here
- 5.1 GHz boost
- 24 MB L3 cache
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 5.1 GHz boost
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 13 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#3#12#10#28
Intel Core Ultra 7 255HXIntel
20 · 20 · 5.2 GHz
85% 70% 70% 50%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 5.2 GHz boost
- 30 MB L3 cache
Why it ranks here
- 20 cores / 20 threads
- 5.2 GHz boost
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 13 TOPS NPU
Why it ranks here
Nothing stands out for this use; the score comes from overall balance.
#9#9#33#39
Intel Core Ultra 9 285KIntel
24 · 24 · 5.7 GHz
79% 73% 48% 45%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 5.7 GHz boost
- 36 MB L3 cache
- 23 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 24 cores / 24 threads
- 5.7 GHz boost
- 23 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 23 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 23 months on the market — a successor may be near
#19#36#38#32
Intel Core 5 210HIntel
8 · 12 · 4.8 GHz
68% 49% 45% 48%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 24 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 24 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 24 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 24 months on the market — a successor may be near
#37#39#20#14
Intel Core Ultra 7 258VIntel
8 · 8 · 4.8 GHz
56% 48% 56% 57%
Why it ranks here
- 24 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 24 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 47 TOPS NPU
- 24 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 17 W — among the frugal ones here
- 24 months on the market — a successor may be near
#36#38#12#9
Intel Core Ultra 7 256VIntel
8 · 8 · 4.8 GHz
56% 48% 68% 69%
Why it ranks here
- 25 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 25 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: On-device AI
- 47 TOPS NPU
- 25 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
- 17 W — among the frugal ones here
- 25 months on the market — a successor may be near
#15#4#30#37
Intel Core i9-14900HXIntel
24 · 32 · 5.8 GHz
73% 80% 49% 45%
Why it ranks here
- 5.8 GHz boost
- 36 MB L3 cache
- 33 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 24 cores / 32 threads
- 5.8 GHz boost
- 33 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 33 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 33 months on the market — a successor may be near
#5#15#31#36
Intel Core i7-14700HXIntel
20 · 28 · 5.5 GHz
82% 66% 48% 45%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 5.5 GHz boost
- 33 MB L3 cache
- 33 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 20 cores / 28 threads
- 5.5 GHz boost
- 33 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 33 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 33 months on the market — a successor may be near
#16#23#36#34
Intel Core Ultra 9 185HIntel
16 · 22 · 5.1 GHz
71% 61% 47% 48%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 5.1 GHz boost
- 24 MB L3 cache
- 34 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 5.1 GHz boost
- 34 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 11 TOPS NPU
- 34 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 34 months on the market — a successor may be near
#39#31#37#8
Intel Core Ultra 5 125UIntel
12 · 14 · 4.3 GHz
53% 52% 46% 70%
Why it ranks here
- 34 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 34 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 11 TOPS NPU
- 34 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Battery Life
- 15 W — among the frugal ones here
- 34 months on the market — a successor may be near
#18#14#35#26
Intel Core Ultra 5 135HIntel
14 · 18 · 4.6 GHz
69% 68% 47% 50%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 34 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 34 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 11 TOPS NPU
- 34 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 34 months on the market — a successor may be near
#6#5#32#38
Intel Core i9-14900KIntel
24 · 32 · 6 GHz
82% 76% 48% 45%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 6 GHz boost
- 36 MB L3 cache
- 36 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 24 cores / 32 threads
- 6 GHz boost
- 36 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 36 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 36 months on the market — a successor may be near
#23#11#34#33
Intel Core i9-13900HIntel
14 · 20 · 5.4 GHz
66% 72% 47% 48%
Why it ranks here
- 5.4 GHz boost
- 24 MB L3 cache
- 45 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Content Creation
- 5.4 GHz boost
- 45 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 45 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 45 months on the market — a successor may be near
#26#37#39#35
Intel Core i5-12450HXIntel
8 · 12 · 4.4 GHz
65% 48% 45% 45%
Why it ranks here
- Editorial tag: Gaming
- 53 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 53 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 53 months on the market — a successor may be near
Why it ranks here
- 53 months on the market — a successor may be near