Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Intel Core i5-14600K

Core Ultra 9 185H vs Core i5-14600K specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i5-14600K performs better 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.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 185H has slightly more cores than the Core i5-14600K. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 185H has 16 cores compared to 14 cores found in the Core i5-14600K. It also has more threads than the Core i5-14600K. With our hardware info, we find that the Core i5-14600K has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 185H. Also, the Core i5-14600K has a slightly higher turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core i5-14600K has slightly more L2 cache when compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H. However, both these chips have the same amount of 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.