Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Intel Core i3-1215U

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i3 6 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

8045 points
144% significantly better overall score
3288 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9968 points
74% significantly better gaming score
5718 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7475 points
188% significantly better multitasking score
2595 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7363 points
196% significantly better heavy workload score
2480 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

208.48 points
265% significantly higher Blender score
57.10 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11901 points
146% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
4826 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2228 points
22% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1815 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
166% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

22
175% significantly more threads
8

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
108% significantly higher clock speed
1.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
15% slightly higher turbo speed
4.4 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
40% slightly more pcie lanes
20

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

96 GiB
49% significantly more supported memory
64 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

18 MiB
300% significantly more L2 cache
4.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
139% significantly more L3 cache
10 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

148th of 1,089
501st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
12th Generation Core i3

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2022 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR5-4800

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
No

Core Ultra 9 185H vs Core i3-1215U comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 185H is faster than the Core i3-1215U. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Core i3-1215U 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 i3-1215U. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 185H has 16 cores compared to 6 cores found in the Core i3-1215U. It also has more threads than the Core i3-1215U. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 9 185H has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core i3-1215U. Also, the Core Ultra 9 185H has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Core i3-1215U. 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 Ultra 9 185H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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