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

Compare Intel Core X-series 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

7550 points

8045 points

6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8222 points

9968 points

21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7324 points

7475 points

2% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7249 points

7363 points

1% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7406 points

7814 points

5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

202.00 points

208.48 points

3% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

9481 points

11901 points

25% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1574 points

2228 points

41% 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

3.7 GHz

47% significantly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.5 GHz

5.1 GHz

13% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

71% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

256 GiB

166% significantly more supported memory

96 GiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

25 MiB

4% slightly more L3 cache

24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

165th of 1,089

148th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core X-series

Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2019 November

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

Core i9-10900X vs Core Ultra 9 185H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 185H is faster than the Core i9-10900X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10900X 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 i9-10900X that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i9-10900X. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10900X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core i9-10900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.