Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Intel Core i7-14650HX

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core CPU vs Intel Core i7 (14th gen) 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

8045 points

10831 points

34% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9968 points

12542 points

25% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7475 points

10318 points

38% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7363 points

10235 points

39% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7814 points

9829 points

25% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

208.48 points

278.01 points

33% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11901 points

12989 points

9% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2228 points

2416 points

8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

Identical

Threads

Number of logical processing units

9% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

13% slightly higher clock speed

2.2 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz

5.2 GHz

1% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

40% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

24 MiB

33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB

30 MiB

25% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

148th of 1,089

72nd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)

Core i7 (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

DDR5-5600

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core Ultra 9 185H vs Core i7-14650HX specs and performance

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core i7-14650HX performs better than the Core Ultra 9 185H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 185H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i7-14650HX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 9 185H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i7-14650HX. Despite this, the Core i7-14650HX has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core i7-14650HX has more L2 cache than the Core Ultra 9 185H. The Core i7-14650HX also has slightly 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.