Core Ultra 9 185H vs Core 2 Duo SL9400

Place in the ranking	2920	325
Place by popularity	not in top-100	not in top-100
Market segment	Laptop	Laptop
Series	Intel Core 2 Duo	Intel Meteor Lake-H
Power efficiency	2.63	38.85
Architecture codename	Penryn (2008−2011)	Meteor Lake-H (2023)
Release date	20 August 2008 (16 years ago)	14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)	$284	$640

Detailed specifications

Core 2 Duo SL9400 and Core Ultra 9 185H basic parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters indirectly say of CPU speed, though for more precise assessment you have to consider their test results.

Physical cores	2 (Dual-core)	16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads	2	22
Base clock speed	1.86 GHz	3.9 GHz
Boost clock speed	1.86 GHz	5.1 GHz
Bus rate	1066 MHz	no data
L1 cache	no data	112 KB (per core)
L2 cache	6 MB	2 MB (per core)
L3 cache	6 MB L2 Cache	24 MB (shared)
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Die size	107 mm²	no data
Maximum core temperature	105 °C	110 °C
Number of transistors	410 Million	no data
64 bit support	+	+
Windows 11 compatibility	-	no data
VID voltage range	1.05V - 1.15V	no data

Compatibility

Information on Core 2 Duo SL9400 and Core Ultra 9 185H compatibility with other computer components: motherboard (look for socket type), power supply unit (look for power consumption) etc. Useful when planning a future computer configuration or upgrading an existing one. Note that power consumption of some processors can well exceed their nominal TDP, even without overclocking. Some can even double their declared thermals given that the motherboard allows to tune the CPU power parameters.

Number of CPUs in a configuration	no data	1
Socket	BGA956	Intel BGA 2049
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	45 Watt

Technologies and extensions

Technological solutions and additional instructions supported by Core 2 Duo SL9400 and Core Ultra 9 185H. You'll probably need this information if you require some particular technology.

AES-NI	-	+
AVX	-	+
vPro	no data	+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)	+	+
Turbo Boost Technology	-	no data
Hyper-Threading Technology	-	no data
TSX	-	+
Idle States	-	no data
Demand Based Switching	-	no data
FSB parity	-	no data

Security technologies

Core 2 Duo SL9400 and Core Ultra 9 185H technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT	+	+
EDB	+	no data

Virtualization technologies

Virtual machine speed-up technologies supported by Core 2 Duo SL9400 and Core Ultra 9 185H are enumerated here.

VT-d	no data	+
VT-x	+	+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel quantity of RAM supported by Core 2 Duo SL9400 and Core Ultra 9 185H. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequencies may be supported.

Supported memory types

no data

DDR5

Graphics specifications

General parameters of integrated GPUs, if any.

Integrated graphics card

no data

Intel Arc 8-Cores iGPU ( - 2350 MHz)

Peripherals

Specifications and connection of peripherals supported by Core 2 Duo SL9400 and Core Ultra 9 185H.

PCIe version	no data	5.0
PCI Express lanes	no data	8

Synthetic benchmark performance

Various benchmark results of the processors in comparison. Overall score is measured in points in 0-100 range, higher is better.

Combined synthetic benchmark score

This is our combined benchmark performance rating. We are regularly improving our combining algorithms, but if you find some perceived inconsistencies, feel free to speak up in comments section, we usually fix problems quickly.

Core 2 Duo SL9400 0.47

Ultra 9 185H 18.37
+3809%

Passmark

Passmark CPU Mark is a widespread benchmark, consisting of 8 different types of workload, including integer and floating point math, extended instructions, compression, encryption and physics calculation. There is also one separate single-threaded scenario measuring single-core performance.

Core 2 Duo SL9400 759

Ultra 9 185H 29422
+3776%

Cinebench 10 32-bit single-core

Cinebench R10 is an ancient ray tracing benchmark for processors by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. Its single core version uses just one CPU thread to render a futuristic looking motorcycle.

Core 2 Duo SL9400 2144

Ultra 9 185H 10244
+378%

Cinebench 10 32-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 10 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R10 using all the processor threads. Possible number of threads is limited by 16 in this version.

Core 2 Duo SL9400 3850

Ultra 9 185H 62262
+1517%

3DMark06 CPU

3DMark06 is a discontinued DirectX 9 benchmark suite from Futuremark. Its CPU part contains two scenarios, one dedicated to artificial intelligence pathfinding, another to game physics using PhysX package.

Core 2 Duo SL9400 1300

Ultra 9 185H 14053
+981%

wPrime 32

wPrime 32M is a math multi-thread processor test, which calculates square roots of first 32 million integer numbers. Its result is measured in seconds, so that the less is benchmark result, the faster the processor.

Core 2 Duo SL9400 43.12

Ultra 9 185H 3.71
+1062%

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 11.5 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R11.5 which uses all the processor threads. A maximum of 64 threads is supported in this version.

Core 2 Duo SL9400 1

Ultra 9 185H 35
+3031%

Gaming performance

Pros & cons summary

Performance score	0.47	18.37
Recency	20 August 2008	14 December 2023
Physical cores	2	16
Threads	2	22
Chip lithography	45 nm	7 nm
Power consumption (TDP)	17 Watt	45 Watt

Core 2 Duo SL9400 has 164.7% lower power consumption.

Ultra 9 185H, on the other hand, has a 3808.5% higher aggregate performance score, an age advantage of 15 years, 700% more physical cores and 1000% more threads, and a 542.9% more advanced lithography process.

The Core Ultra 9 185H is our recommended choice as it beats the Core 2 Duo SL9400 in performance tests.

Should you still have questions on choice between Core 2 Duo SL9400 and Core Ultra 9 185H, ask them in Comments section, and we shall answer.