Intel Core i9-10900F 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

7824 points

8045 points

2% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8393 points

9968 points

18% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7630 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

7475 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7561 points

2% slightly better heavy workload score

7363 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12251 points

56% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

7814 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

210.12 points

0.79% slightly higher Blender score

208.48 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8407 points

11901 points

41% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1701 points

2228 points

30% 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

154th 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 i9-10900F vs Core Ultra 9 185H benchmarks

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900F beats the Core Ultra 9 185H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 185H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i9-10900F has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10900F. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-10900F has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 185H. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 185H has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900F. 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 i9-10900F has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.