Core Ultra 9 185H: specs and benchmarks

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Core Ultra 9 185H
2023
16 cores / 22 threads, 45 Watt
18.50

Core Ultra 9 185H provides good benchmark performance at 18.50% of a leader's which is a 96-core EPYC 9655P.

Summary

Intel started Core Ultra 9 185H sales 14 December 2023 at a recommended price of $640. 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 Intel 4 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 memory.

Primary details

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

Place in the ranking324
Place by popularitynot in top-100
Market segmentLaptop
SeriesIntel Meteor Lake-H
Power efficiency38.91of 100.00 (Ryzen Z1 Extreme)
Architecture codenameMeteor Lake-H (2023)
Release date14 December 2023 (1 year ago)
Launch price (MSRP)$640of 17,906 (Xeon Platinum 8280L)

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 GHz (FX-9590)
Boost clock speed5.1 GHzof 6.2 GHz (Core i9-14900KS)
L1 cache112 KB (per core)of 80 KB (EPYC 9965)
L2 cache2 MB (per core)of 2 MB (Xeon 6980P)
L3 cache24 MB (shared)of 1152 MB (EPYC 9684X)
Chip lithographyIntel 4 nmof 3 nm (Apple M3 Max 16-Core)
Maximum core temperature110 °C
64 bit support+

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 500 Watt (Xeon 6960P)

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+
Deep Learning Boost+
Supported AI Software FrameworksOpenVINO™, WindowsML, ONNX RT

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
Maximum memory size96 GBof 6 TiB (EPYC 9124)
Max memory channels2of 12 (Xeon Platinum 9221)

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.

DirectX12.2
OpenGL4.6

Peripherals

Specifications and connection types of supported peripherals.

PCIe version5.0
PCI Express lanes8of 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 18.50

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.

Ultra 9 185H 29385

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.

Ultra 9 185H 2244

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.

Ultra 9 185H 11970

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.

Ultra 9 185H 10244

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.

Ultra 9 185H 62262

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.

Ultra 9 185H 14053

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.

Ultra 9 185H 35

Cinebench 15 64-bit multi-core

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

Ultra 9 185H 2809

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.

Ultra 9 185H 268

Cinebench 11.5 64-bit single-core

Cinebench R11.5 is an old benchmark 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 loads a single thread with ray tracing to render a glossy room full of crystal spheres and light sources.

Ultra 9 185H 3.19

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.

Ultra 9 185H 11.3

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.

Ultra 9 185H 7940

x264 encoding pass 2

x264 Pass 2 is a slower variant of x264 video compression that produces a variable bit rate output file, which results in better quality since the higher bit rate is used when it is needed more. Benchmark result is still measured in frames per second.  

Ultra 9 185H 162

x264 encoding pass 1

x264 version 4.0 is a video encoding benchmark uses MPEG 4 x264 compression method to compress a sample HD (720p) video. Pass 1 is a faster variant that produces a constant bit rate output file. Its result is measured in frames per second, which means how many frames of the source video file were encoded per second.  

Ultra 9 185H 318

Geekbench 5.5 Multi-Core

Ultra 9 185H 13531

Blender(-)

Ultra 9 185H 177

Geekbench 5.5 Single-Core

Ultra 9 185H 1858

7-Zip Single

Ultra 9 185H 5540

7-Zip

Ultra 9 185H 71843

WebXPRT 3

Ultra 9 185H 289

CrossMark Overall

Ultra 9 185H 1770

WebXPRT 4 Overall

Ultra 9 185H 261

Blender v3.3 Classroom CPU(-)

Ultra 9 185H 309

Geekbench 6.3 Multi-Core

Ultra 9 185H 13973

Geekbench 6.3 Single-Core

Ultra 9 185H 2498

Gaming performance

Closest competitors

Core Ultra 9 185H's performance relative to its closest rivals among notebook CPUs.


Core Ultra 9 185H 100

AMD equivalent

According to our data, the closest AMD alternative to Core Ultra 9 185H is Ryzen 9 8945HS, which is faster by 1% and higher by 3 positions in our ranking.

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

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