Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs AMD Ryzen 7 5800XT

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 5000 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
8204 points
1% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9968 points
3% slightly better gaming score
9603 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7475 points
7740 points
3% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7363 points
7593 points
3% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7814 points
2% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score
7628 points
Blender score

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

208.48 points
214.43 points
2% slightly higher Blender score

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
6% slightly higher turbo speed
4.8 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
32 MiB
33% slightly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

148th of 1,089
140th 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 July

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR4

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 7 5800XT benchmarks

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Core Ultra 9 185H performs better than the Ryzen 7 5800XT. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 7 5800XT in all gaming tests too.

In terms of the number of cores of each of these CPUs, the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more cores than the Ryzen 7 5800XT. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 185H has 16 cores compared to 8 cores found in the Ryzen 7 5800XT. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 7 5800XT. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 7 5800XT 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. In terms of cache, the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more L2 cache when compared to the Ryzen 7 5800XT. Despite this, the Ryzen 7 5800XT 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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