Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Intel Core i9-12950HX

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core CPU vs Intel 12th Generation Core i9 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
9181 points
14% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9968 points
10659 points
6% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7475 points
8766 points
17% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7363 points
8710 points
18% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

208.48 points
247.44 points
18% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
Identical
16

Threads

Number of logical processing units

22
24
9% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
8% slightly higher clock speed
2.3 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
2% slightly higher turbo speed
5 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
128 GiB
33% slightly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

18 MiB
28% slightly more L2 cache
14 MiB

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
108th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
12th Generation Core i9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2022 May

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
Yes

Core Ultra 9 185H vs Core i9-12950HX specs and performance

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core i9-12950HX 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 these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Core i9-12950HX has more threads. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 9 185H has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core i9-12950HX. Also, the Core Ultra 9 185H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 185H has more L2 cache than the Core i9-12950HX. Despite this, the Core i9-12950HX has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H.

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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