Intel Core i9-9900K vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

Compare Intel 9th Generation Core i9 8 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

6719 points
8045 points
19% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

8223 points
9968 points
21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

6214 points
7475 points
20% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

6073 points
7363 points
21% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7038 points
7814 points
11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

175.64 points
208.48 points
18% slightly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

8053 points
11901 points
47% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1703 points
2228 points
30% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

8
16
100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

16
22
37% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.6 GHz
44% significantly higher clock speed
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5 GHz
5.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16
28
75% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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

2 MiB
18 MiB
800% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

16 MiB
24 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

209th of 1,089
148th of 1,089

Family

The product line

9th Generation Core i9
Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2018 November
2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR4-2666
DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes
-

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core i9-9900K vs Core Ultra 9 185H specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 185H is faster than the Core i9-9900K. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i9-9900K in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more cores than the Core i9-9900K. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 185H has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Core i9-9900K. It also has more threads than the Core i9-9900K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-9900K has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 185H. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 185H has more L2 cache than the Core i9-9900K. The Core Ultra 9 185H 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 i9-9900K has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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