Intel Core i9-10920X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

Compare Intel Core X-series 12 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

7975 points
8300 points
4% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7849 points
10245 points
30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8024 points
3% slightly better multitasking score
7718 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8038 points
5% slightly better heavy workload score
7601 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

11797 points
50% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
7814 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

251.40 points
20% slightly higher Blender score
208.48 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11106 points
11901 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1664 points
2228 points
33% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

12
16
33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

24
9% slightly more threads
22

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.5 GHz
40% slightly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.6 GHz
5.1 GHz
10% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

48
71% significantly more pcie lanes
28

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

4
100% significantly more memory channels
2

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

158th of 1,125
145th of 1,125

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

No
No

Core i9-10920X vs Core Ultra 9 185H benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 185H performs better than the Core i9-10920X. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-10920X in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 185H has slightly more cores than the Core i9-10920X. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 185H has 16 cores compared to 12 cores found in the Core i9-10920X. Despite this, the Core i9-10920X has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 185H. Our comparison shows that the Core i9-10920X has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 185H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-10920X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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