Intel Core i9-10900K 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

8226 points
2% slightly better overall score
8045 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8838 points
9968 points
12% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8007 points
7% slightly better multitasking score
7475 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7938 points
7% slightly better heavy workload score
7363 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8988 points
15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7814 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

231.23 points
10% slightly higher Blender score
208.48 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9141 points
11901 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1778 points
2228 points
25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

10
16
60% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

20
22
10% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.7 GHz
47% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.3 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed
5.1 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
28
75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

138th 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

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-10900K vs Core Ultra 9 185H specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-10900K performs better than the Core Ultra 9 185H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 185H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more cores than the Core i9-10900K. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 185H has 16 cores compared to 10 cores found in the Core i9-10900K. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10900K. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10900K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 185H has more L2 cache than the Core i9-10900K. 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 i9-10900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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