Intel Core i9-9940X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

Compare Intel Core X-series 14 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

8137 points

1% slightly better overall score

8045 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

7646 points

9968 points

30% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

8299 points

11% slightly better multitasking score

7475 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

8373 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

7363 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

256.89 points

23% slightly higher Blender score

208.48 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

10437 points

11901 points

14% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

1460 points

2228 points

52% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

14% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

27% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

3.3 GHz

32% slightly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

4.4 GHz

5.1 GHz

15% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

57% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

100% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

33% slightly 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

149th of 1,099

153rd of 1,099

Family

The product line

Core X-series

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

Core i9-9940X vs Core Ultra 9 185H comparison

In our benchmarks, the Core i9-9940X beats the Core Ultra 9 185H in overall performance. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 185H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 185H has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core i9-9940X has 14 cores. Despite this, the Core i9-9940X has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 185H. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i9-9940X has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 185H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 185H has a slightly higher turbo speed.

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 i9-9940X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.