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

Compare Intel 10th Generation Core i9 10 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

8768 points
8% slightly better overall score
8045 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9745 points
9968 points
2% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8418 points
12% slightly better multitasking score
7475 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8304 points
12% slightly better heavy workload score
7363 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

8953 points
14% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7814 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

226.11 points
8% slightly higher Blender score
208.48 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9168 points
11901 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1783 points
2228 points
24% 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

117th 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 i9-10900KF vs Core Ultra 9 185H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-10900KF 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 i9-10900KF has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10900KF. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10900KF has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H. Also, the Core i9-10900KF has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-10900KF. 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 i9-10900KF has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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