Intel Core i5-12490F vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

Compare Intel 6 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core processor, specs and benchmark score. Which is the better CPU for gaming?

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Benchmark Score

Overall Score

A combined score of all workloads

7213 points
8300 points
15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10096 points
10245 points
1% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6311 points
7718 points
22% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6106 points
7601 points
24% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

5956 points
7814 points
31% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

160.34 points
208.48 points
30% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

6
16
166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

12
22
83% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3 GHz
20% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.1 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

7.5 MiB
18 MiB
139% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

20 MiB
24 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

188th of 1,118
145th of 1,118

Family

The product line

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Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

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2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

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DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

No
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Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

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No

Core i5-12490F vs Core Ultra 9 185H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 185H is faster than the Core i5-12490F. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i5-12490F in all gaming tests too.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i5-12490F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-12490F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core i5-12490F has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 185H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 185H has more L2 cache than the Core i5-12490F. The Core Ultra 9 185H also has slightly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i5-12490F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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