Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs AMD Ryzen 5 7600X

Compare Intel 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5 6 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
8583 points
6% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9968 points
11637 points
16% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7475 points
7604 points
1% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7363 points
7365 points
0.03% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7814 points
11% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6996 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

208.48 points
0.02% slightly higher Blender score
208.44 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11901 points
12876 points
8% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2228 points
2889 points
29% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
166% significantly more cores
6

Threads

Number of logical processing units

22
83% significantly more threads
12

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
4.70 GHz
88% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
5.3 GHz
3% slightly higher turbo speed

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

18 MiB
200% significantly more L2 cache
6 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

148th of 1,089
121st of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Ryzen 5

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2022 September

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
-

Core Ultra 9 185H vs Ryzen 5 7600X comparison

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 7600X beats the Core Ultra 9 185H in overall performance. 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 significantly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Ryzen 5 7600X that has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 7600X. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 7600X has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 7600X. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 7600X 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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