Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs AMD Ryzen 7 260

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 200 Series 8 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
1% slightly better overall score
7924 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9968 points
5% slightly better gaming score
9428 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7475 points
0.54% slightly better multitasking score
7435 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7363 points
0.93% slightly better heavy workload score
7295 points

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Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

208.48 points
100% significantly higher Blender score
104.21 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
100% significantly more cores
8

Threads

Number of logical processing units

22
37% slightly more threads
16

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
3.80 GHz
52% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
Identical
5.1 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

18 MiB
125% significantly more L2 cache
8 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
150th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Ryzen 200 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
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Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR5

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

-
No

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core Ultra 9 185H vs Ryzen 7 260 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 7 260 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 Ryzen 7 260 has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 260. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Ryzen 7 260 has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H. In addition, both chips have the same turbo speed. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 260. 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.

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