Intel Core Ultra 9 185H vs Intel Xeon Gold 6126

Compare Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 core CPU vs Intel Xeon Scalable 12 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
8481 points
5% slightly better overall score

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

9968 points
67% significantly better gaming score
5942 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

7475 points
9458 points
26% slightly better multitasking score

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

7363 points
10072 points
36% slightly better heavy workload score

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Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

16
33% slightly more cores
12

Threads

Number of logical processing units

22
24
9% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

2.5 GHz
2.59 GHz
3% slightly higher clock speed

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.1 GHz
37% slightly higher turbo speed
3.7 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

28
48
71% significantly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

2
6
200% significantly more memory channels

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

96 GiB
768 GiB
700% significantly more supported memory

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

18 MiB
24 MiB
33% slightly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

24 MiB
38.5 MiB
60% significantly more L3 cache

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

148th of 1,089
125th of 1,089

Family

The product line

Core Ultra (Series 1)
Xeon Scalable

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2023 November
2017 August

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5-7467
DDR4-2666

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

No
Yes

Core Ultra 9 185H vs Xeon Gold 6126 benchmarks

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Xeon Gold 6126 is faster than the Core Ultra 9 185H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 185H has the advantage in our gaming benchmark.

When comparing core counts for these CPUs, we notice that the Core Ultra 9 185H has slightly more cores with 16 cores compared to the Xeon Gold 6126 that has 12 cores. Despite this, the Xeon Gold 6126 has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 185H. These CPUs have different clock speeds. Indeed, the Xeon Gold 6126 has a slightly higher clock speed compared to the Core Ultra 9 185H. Despite this, the Core Ultra 9 185H has a slightly higher turbo speed. The info from our database shows that the Xeon Gold 6126 has more L2 cache than the Core Ultra 9 185H. The Xeon Gold 6126 also has significantly more L3 cache.

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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