Intel Core i9-12900T vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

Compare Intel 12th Generation Core i9 16 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

9304 points

15% slightly better overall score

8045 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

10181 points

2% slightly better gaming score

9968 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

9062 points

21% slightly better multitasking score

7475 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

9033 points

22% slightly better heavy workload score

7363 points

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

188.94 points

208.48 points

10% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11628 points

11901 points

2% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2268 points

1% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2228 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

9% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

1.38 GHz

2.5 GHz

80% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.9 GHz

5.1 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40% slightly 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

4 MiB

18 MiB

350% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

30 MiB

25% slightly more L3 cache

24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

104th of 1,102

154th of 1,102

Family

The product line

12th Generation Core i9

Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 February

2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-4800

DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Core i9-12900T vs Core Ultra 9 185H comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i9-12900T performs better than the Core Ultra 9 185H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 185H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

Our spec comparison shows that they have an identical amount of cores but the Core i9-12900T has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 185H has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-12900T. Also, the Core Ultra 9 185H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more L2 cache than the Core i9-12900T. Despite this, the Core i9-12900T has slightly more L3 cache 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 i9-12900T has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.