Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Intel Core i7-12650HX

Core Ultra 9 185H vs Core i7-12650HX comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-12650HX 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.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 185H has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Core i7-12650HX that has 14 cores. It also has more threads than the Core i7-12650HX. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 185H has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core i7-12650HX. 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 i7-12650HX. However, both these chips have the same amount of L3 cache.

Modern CPUs generally have more logical cores than physical cores, this means that each core is split into multiple virtual cores, improving efficiency for parallel workloads. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 185H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.