Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs AMD Ryzen 9 8945HS

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core CPU vs AMD Ryzen 9 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

9257 points

15% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9968 points

11296 points

13% slightly better gaming score

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7475 points

8584 points

14% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7363 points

8392 points

13% slightly better heavy workload score

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Other Benchmarks

3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

7814 points

1% slightly higher 3DMark Physics score

7691 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

208.48 points

212.59 points

1% slightly higher Blender score

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

11901 points

3% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

11517 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2228 points

2372 points

6% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

100% significantly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

37% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz

4.00 GHz

60% 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

Identical

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

104th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)

Ryzen 9

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467

DDR5 (FP7r2)

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Core Ultra 9 185H vs Ryzen 9 8945HS comparison

Our benchmark analysis concludes that the Ryzen 9 8945HS performs better 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.

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 9 8945HS that has 8 cores. It also has more threads than the Ryzen 9 8945HS. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 8945HS has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 185H. Also, the Ryzen 9 8945HS 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 8945HS. 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.