Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Intel Core Ultra 5 225

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 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

9336 points

16% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9968 points

12806 points

28% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7475 points

8189 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7363 points

7901 points

7% slightly better heavy workload score

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Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

208.48 points

221.91 points

6% slightly higher Blender score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

60% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

120% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

3.3 GHz

32% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz

4% slightly higher turbo speed

4.9 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

96 GiB

256 GiB

166% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

18 MiB

22 MiB

22% slightly more L2 cache

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

103rd of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)

Core Ultra (Series 2)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November

2025 February

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467

DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core Ultra 9 185H vs Core Ultra 5 225 comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 5 225 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Core Ultra 5 225 has 10 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 5 225. With our hardware info, we find that the Core Ultra 5 225 has a slightly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 185H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 185H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 5 225 has more L2 cache than the Core Ultra 9 185H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 185H has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 5 225.

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.