Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Intel Core i5-14400F

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core CPU vs Intel Core i5 (14th gen) 10 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
8601 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9968 points
11043 points
10% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7475 points
7824 points
4% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7363 points
7622 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7814 points
5% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7397 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

208.48 points
7% slightly higher Blender score
193.46 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11901 points
7% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
11074 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2228 points
2320 points
4% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
60% significantly more cores
10

Threads

Number of logical processing units

22
37% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
Identical
2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
8% slightly higher turbo speed
4.7 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
192 GiB
100% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

18 MiB
89% significantly more L2 cache
9.5 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
20% slightly more L3 cache
20 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

148th of 1,089
120th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Core i5 (14th gen)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2024 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR5-4800

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core Ultra 9 185H vs Core i5-14400F comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i5-14400F is faster than the Core Ultra 9 185H. 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 Ultra 9 185H has significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i5-14400F that has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14400F. According to our data, the Core Ultra 9 185H and Core i5-14400F have the same clock speed. Despite this, 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 i5-14400F. The Core Ultra 9 185H also has slightly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 185H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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