Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs AMD Ryzen 9 8940HX

Core Ultra 9 185H vs Ryzen 9 8940HX specs and performance

In our benchmarks, the Core Ultra 9 185H beats the Ryzen 9 8940HX in overall performance. Furthermore, our gaming benchmark shows that it also outperforms the Ryzen 9 8940HX in all gaming tests too.

When comparing these CPUs we notice that they have the same number of cores but the Ryzen 9 8940HX has more threads. Our comparison shows that the Ryzen 9 8940HX has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H. Also, the Ryzen 9 8940HX 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 9 8940HX. The Core Ultra 9 185H also has significantly more L3 cache.

Most CPUs have more threads than cores. This technology, colloquially called hyperthreading, improves performance by splitting a core into multiple virtual ones. This provides more efficient utilisation of a core. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 185H has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.