Core Ultra 9 185H: specs and benchmarks

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Aggregated performance score

Core Ultra 9 185H
2023
16 cores / 22 threads
18.34

It provides poor benchmark performance at 18.34% of a leader's which is Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX.

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Summary

Intel started Core Ultra 9 185H sales 14 December 2023. This is a Meteor Lake-H architecture notebook processor primarily aimed at office systems. It has 16 cores and 22 threads, and is based on 7 nm manufacturing technology, with a maximum frequency of 5100 MHz and a locked multiplier.

Compatibility-wise, this is FCBGA2049 processor with a TDP of 45 Watt. It supports DDR5, DDR5, DDR5 memory.

Primary Details

Core Ultra 9 185H processor market type (desktop or notebook), architecture, sales start time and pricing.

Place in performance ranking292
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesIntel Meteor Lake-H
Architecture codenameMeteor Lake-H
Release date14 December 2023 (less than a year ago)

Detailed Specifications

Basic microprocessor parameters such as number of cores, number of threads, base frequency and turbo boost clock, lithography, cache size and multiplier lock state. These parameters can generally indicate CPU performance, but to be more precise you have to review its test results.

Physical cores16 (Hexadeca-Core)
Threads22
Base clock speed3.9 GHzof 4.7 (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed5.1 GHzof 6.2 (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache112 KB (per core)of 7475.2 (Apple M2 Pro 10-Core)
L2 cache2 MB (per core)of 96 (Ryzen Threadripper PRO 7995WX)
L3 cache24 MB (shared)of 768 (EPYC 7373X)
Chip lithography7 nmof 3 (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
64 bit support+
Unlocked multiplierNo

Compatibility

Information on Core Ultra 9 185H compatibility with other computer components and devices: 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 configuration1of 8 (Opteron 842)
SocketFCBGA2049
Power consumption (TDP)45 Wattof 400 (Xeon Platinum 9282)

Technologies and extensions

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

Instruction set extensionsIntel® SSE4.1, Intel® SSE4.2, Intel® AVX2
AES-NI+
AVX+
vPro+
Enhanced SpeedStep (EIST)+
Speed Shift+
Hyper-Threading Technology+
TSX+
Thermal Monitoring+
Flex Memory Access+
SIPP+
Turbo Boost Max 3.0+
StatusLaunched

Security technologies

Processor technologies aimed at improving security, for example, by protecting against hacks.

TXT+
EDB+
Secure Key+
OS Guard+

Virtualization technologies

Supported virtual machine optimization technologies. Some are specific to Intel only, some to AMD.

VT-d+
VT-x+
EPT+

Memory specs

Types, maximum amount and channel number of RAM supported by Core Ultra 9 185H's memory controller. Depending on the motherboard, higher memory frequency may be supported.

Supported memory typesDDR5, DDR5, DDR5
Maximum memory size96 GBof 786 (Xeon E5-2670 v3)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)
ECC memory support-

Graphics specifications

General parameters of a GPU integrated into Core Ultra 9 185H.

Integrated graphics cardIntel® Arc™ graphics
Quick Sync Video+
Graphics max frequency2.35 GHz

Graphics interfaces

Available interfaces and connections of Core Ultra 9 185H's integrated GPU.

Number of displays supported4

Graphics image quality

Maximum display resolutions supported by Core Ultra 9 185H's integrated GPU, including resolutions over different interfaces.

Max resolution over HDMI 1.44096 x 2304 @ 60Hz (HDMI 2.1 TMDS) 7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz (HDMI2.1 FRL)
Max resolution over eDP3840x2400 @ 120Hz
Max resolution over DisplayPort7680 x 4320 @ 60Hz

Graphics API support

APIs supported by Core Ultra 9 185H's integrated GPU, sometimes API versions are included.

DirectX12.1
OpenGL4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version5.0
PCI Express lanes28of 128 (EPYC 7551P)
PCI support5.0 and 4.0

Benchmark performance

Single-core and multi-core benchmark results of Core Ultra 9 185H. Overall benchmark performance 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.

Ultra 9 185H 18.34

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.

Benchmark coverage: 68%

Ultra 9 185H 28369

GeekBench 5 Single-Core

GeekBench 5 Single-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses only a single CPU core.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ultra 9 185H 2272

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core

GeekBench 5 Multi-Core is a cross-platform application developed in the form of CPU tests that independently recreate certain real-world tasks with which to accurately measure performance. This version uses all available CPU cores.

Benchmark coverage: 42%

Ultra 9 185H 12164

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

Cinebench Release 15 Multi Core is a variant of Cinebench R15 which uses all the processor threads.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ultra 9 185H 2316

Cinebench 15 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R15 (standing for Release 15) is a benchmark made by Maxon, authors of Cinema 4D. It was superseded by later versions of Cinebench, which use more modern variants of Cinema 4D engine. The Single Core version (sometimes called Single-Thread) only uses a single processor thread to render a room full of reflective spheres and light sources.

Benchmark coverage: 15%

Ultra 9 185H 260

TrueCrypt AES

TrueCrypt is a discontinued piece of software that was widely used for on-the-fly-encryption of disk partitions, now superseded by VeraCrypt. It contains several embedded performance tests, one of them being TrueCrypt AES, which measures data encryption speed using AES algorithm. Result is encryption speed in gigabytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ultra 9 185H 7.9

WinRAR 4.0

WinRAR 4.0 is an outdated version of a popular file archiver. It contains an internal speed test, using 'Best' setting of RAR compression on large chunks of randomly generated data. Its results are measured in kilobytes per second.

Benchmark coverage: 13%

Ultra 9 185H 17856

Gaming performance

Relative performance

Overall Core Ultra 9 185H performance compared to nearest competitors among notebook CPUs.


Ryzen 7 7840H 100.38
Core Ultra 9 185H 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core Ultra 9 185H is Ryzen 7 7840H, which is nearly equal in speed and higher by 3 positions in our ranking.

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Here are some closest AMD rivals to Core Ultra 9 185H:

Ryzen 7 7840H 100.38
Core Ultra 9 185H 100

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Community Ratings

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