Intel Core i7-11800H vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

Core i7-11800H vs Core Ultra 9 185H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 185H beats the Core i7-11800H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i7-11800H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-11800H that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-11800H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 185H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-11800H. Also, the Core Ultra 9 185H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i7-11800H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.