AMD Ryzen 9 7900X vs Intel Core Ultra 9 185H

Compare AMD Ryzen 9 Desktop 12 core CPU vs Intel Core Ultra (Series 1) 16 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

13563 points

63% significantly better overall score

8300 points

Gaming Score

The raw gaming performance with a fast GPU

13462 points

31% slightly better gaming score

10245 points

Multitasking Score

Performance in workloads using up to 8 cores

13592 points

76% significantly better multitasking score

7718 points

Heavy Workload Score

Performance in workloads using up to 16 cores

13595 points

78% significantly better heavy workload score

7601 points

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3DMark Physics score

Physics simulation benchmark

12798 points

63% significantly higher 3DMark Physics score

7814 points

Blender score

Cycles Render (Samples per minute)

412.82 points

98% significantly higher Blender score

208.48 points

Geekbench 6 (multi) score

Multi threaded benchmark

17750 points

49% significantly higher Geekbench 6 (multi) score

11901 points

Geekbench 6 (single) score

Single threaded benchmark

2946 points

32% slightly higher Geekbench 6 (single) score

2228 points

Specifications

Cores

Number of physical processing units

33% slightly more cores

Threads

Number of logical processing units

9% slightly more threads

Clock Speed

Base frequency at which the chip operates

4.7 GHz

87% significantly higher clock speed

2.5 GHz

Turbo Speed

Higher frequency used for heavy workloads

5.6 GHz

9% slightly higher turbo speed

5.1 GHz

PCIe Lanes

Number of physical connections between the CPU and expansion slots

16% slightly more pcie lanes

Memory Channels

Lanes for simultaneous memory access

Identical

Supported Memory

Maximum amount of RAM supported by this CPU

128 GiB

33% slightly more supported memory

96 GiB

L2 Cache

Secondary embedded memory, slower than L1 cache

12 MiB

18 MiB

49% significantly more L2 cache

L3 Cache

General memory pool for all cores

64 MiB

166% significantly more L3 cache

24 MiB

Other details

Rank

Ranking in the hardwareDB database

35th of 1,114

146th of 1,114

Family

The product line

Ryzen 9 Desktop

Core Ultra (Series 1)

Release date

The official date of release of this chip

2022 September

2023 November

Memory Type

The type of memory used by this chip

DDR5

DDR5-7467

Is Unlocked

Can this CPU can be overclocked

Yes

Supports ECC memory

Does this CPU support error correcting memory

Yes

Ryzen 9 7900X vs Core Ultra 9 185H comparison

According to the hardwareDB Benchmark tool, the Ryzen 9 7900X is faster 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.

With info from our database, we find that the Core Ultra 9 185H has slightly more cores with 16 cores whereas the Ryzen 9 7900X has 12 cores. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X has more threads than the Core Ultra 9 185H. With our hardware info, we find that the Ryzen 9 7900X has a significantly higher clock speed than the Core Ultra 9 185H. Also, the Ryzen 9 7900X has a slightly higher turbo speed. The cache sizes of these CPUs are different. Indeed, the Core Ultra 9 185H has significantly more L2 cache than the Ryzen 9 7900X. Despite this, the Ryzen 9 7900X has significantly 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 Ryzen 9 7900X has more threads than cores. Each physical core is split into multiple threads.