Intel Core i9-10900 vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 core CPU vs Intel 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

7582 points

8045 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8692 points

9968 points

14% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7207 points

7475 points

3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7099 points

7363 points

3% slightly better heavy workload score

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12127 points

55% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

7814 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

164.66 points

208.48 points

26% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8309 points

11901 points

43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1714 points

2228 points

29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

60% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

10% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.8 GHz

11% slightly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.2 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

5.1 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

33% slightly more supported memory

96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

2.5 MiB

18 MiB

619% 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

164th of 1,089

148th of 1,089

Family

The product line

10th Generation Core i9

Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2020 May

2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2933

DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core i9-10900 vs Core Ultra 9 185H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-10900 is faster than the Core Ultra 9 185H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 185H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

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 i9-10900 that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10900. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 185H. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10900. The Core Ultra 9 185H also has slightly more L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core i9-10900 has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.