Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Intel Core Ultra 9 285K

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 2) 24 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
17900 points
122% significantly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9968 points
16115 points
61% significantly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7475 points
18547 points
148% significantly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7363 points
18824 points
155% significantly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7814 points
18587 points
137% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

208.48 points
555.81 points
166% significantly higher Blender score
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11901 points
22613 points
90% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2228 points
3204 points
43% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
24
49% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

22
24
9% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.7 GHz
47% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
5.7 GHz
11% slightly higher turbo speed

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
16% slightly more pcie lanes
24

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

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
40 MiB
122% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
36 MiB
49% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

148th of 1,089
4th 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
2024 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR5-6400

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core Ultra 9 185H vs Core Ultra 9 285K comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Core Ultra 9 285K 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 core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 285K has significantly more cores with 24 cores compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H that has 16 cores. It also has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 185H. Our comparison shows that the Core Ultra 9 285K has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H. Also, the Core Ultra 9 285K has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Core Ultra 9 285K has more L2 cache than the Core Ultra 9 185H. The Core Ultra 9 285K also has significantly more L3 cache.

The more cores a CPU has, the better the overall performance will be in parallel workloads such as multitasking. Many CPUs have more threads than cores, this means that each physical core is split into multiple logical cores, making them more efficient. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 185H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.

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