Intel Core i9-13950HX vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

Core i9-13950HX vs Core Ultra 9 185H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-13950HX is faster than the Core Ultra 9 185H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 185H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more cores with 24 cores whereas the Core Ultra 9 185H 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 i9-13950HX. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 185H has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i9-13950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-13950HX has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H.

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 i9-13950HX has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.