Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs AMD Ryzen 5 8400F

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 8000 Series 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

4% slightly better overall score

7722 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9968 points

10390 points

4% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7475 points

9% slightly better multitasking score

6857 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7363 points

11% slightly better heavy workload score

6632 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7814 points

27% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

6145 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

208.48 points

16% slightly higher Blender score

179.45 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

166% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

83% significantly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

4.2 GHz

68% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz

8% slightly higher turbo speed

4.7 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

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

49% significantly more L3 cache

16 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

148th of 1,089

156th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)

Ryzen 8000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November

2024 April

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

Core Ultra 9 185H vs Ryzen 5 8400F comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 185H performs better than the Ryzen 5 8400F. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 8400F has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 8400F has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 8400F. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 5 8400F has a significantly higher clock speed compared to 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 9 185H has more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 8400F. The Core Ultra 9 185H 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.