Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs AMD Ryzen 7 5700X3D

Compare Intel 16 core CPU vs AMD 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
15% slightly better overall score
6994 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9968 points
21% slightly better gaming score
8202 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7475 points
13% slightly better multitasking score
6575 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7363 points
14% slightly better heavy workload score
6440 points

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7814 points
15% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
6750 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

208.48 points
11% slightly higher Blender score
187.18 points
Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11901 points
17% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score
10106 points
Geekbench 6 (single) score

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2228 points
15% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score
1922 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
3.58 GHz
43% significantly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
24% slightly higher turbo speed
4.1 GHz

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
Identical
2

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

18 MiB
350% significantly more L2 cache
4 MiB

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
96 MiB
300% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

148th of 1,089
194th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Ryzen 5000 Series

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2024 January

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR4

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
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Core Ultra 9 185H vs Ryzen 7 5700X3D specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 185H beats the Ryzen 7 5700X3D in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5700X3D 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 7 5700X3D that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5700X3D. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5700X3D has a significantly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 5700X3D. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5700X3D has significantly more L3 cache compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H.

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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