Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs AMD Ryzen 5 9600

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9000 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
8451 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9968 points
12073 points
21% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7475 points
2% slightly better multitasking score
7298 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7363 points
4% slightly better heavy workload score
7044 points

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Other Benchmarks

Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

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

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11901 points
14339 points
20% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2228 points
3205 points
43% significantly 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
3.8 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
5.2 GHz
1% 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
128th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Ryzen 9000 Series

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

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 9600 specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Ryzen 5 9600 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 5 9600 has 6 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 5 9600. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 5 9600 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H. Also, the Ryzen 5 9600 has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 5 9600. Despite this, the Ryzen 5 9600 has slightly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H.

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.

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