CPU benchmark comparision

[DMKAlex]

According to Passmark's CPU benchmarks, I compared the cpu from my new Lenovo Legion 5i with my Dell G15's and one I was choosing before I committed to the 5i. I was surprised that the Ultra 9 275HX is so much "better" than the Ultra 9 285H. My common sense would think than the larger the number, the better it would be, right?

And how much weight would you give to this benchmarks report, particularly for Adobe Premiere Pro work?

 

[kelpdiver]

\. I was surprised that the Ultra 9 275HX is so much "better" than the Ultra 9 285H. My common sense would think than the larger the number, the better it would be, right?

There are 3 variables in the Intel marketing schema to denote quality.

9 / 7 / 5 / 3. This was is often purely marketing, esp for Ultra 9 vs 7 designations.

275/285 (and formerly 2xxx/3xxx//.../15xxx. Each generation of cpu is marked here.

HX/H/K/etc. The subcategory for each generation.

HX = lots of cores, lots of performance, highly power draw and therefore power battery life.

H = good rather than great cpu performance, better power draw and battery life.

For your comparison, the HX > H is much more significant than the 285 > 275 bit. OTOH, if you had compared the 285HX to the 275 HX, more clearly better.

But you're overindexing on the total passmark value. For applications that can use all 24 cores, the HX going to whip the cpu with only 16, esp for functions that can benefit from the higher cache size. But some tasks are single core, or 4-8 threads max. The 285H also seems to have a better IGP. Also more capable for AI, FWIW.

But if ultimately your question is how will it run Premiere, then go look for benchmarks for Premiere.

 

[New Wrycuda]

According to Passmark's CPU benchmarks, I compared the cpu from my new Lenovo Legion 5i with my Dell G15's and one I was choosing before I committed to the 5i. I was surprised that the Ultra 9 275HX is so much "better" than the Ultra 9 285H. My common sense would think than the larger the number, the better it would be, right?

And how much weight would you give to this benchmarks report, particularly for Adobe Premiere Pro work?

I find that GeekBench 6 gives a good indication of computing power. It’s a cross-platform benchmark that seems to give reliable results for Windows, iPad, Linux, Android.

 

[Suntan]

For creator type workloads I would suggest searching for PugetBench scores to review.

But yes, the 275HX is a laptop chip while the 285H is intended for lightweight laptops and more mobile devices. It does not suprise me that the HX would clearly out perform the other.