Intel Core i9-13900HX vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

Core i9-13900HX vs Core Ultra 9 185H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-13900HX beats the Core Ultra 9 185H in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core Ultra 9 185H in all gaming tests too.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core i9-13900HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 185H. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 185H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i9-13900HX. The info from our database shows that the Core i9-13900HX has more L2 cache than the Core Ultra 9 185H. The Core i9-13900HX also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core i9-13900HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.